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Just to clarify something I think a lot of replies don't understand: The Ubuntu Certbot packages have been horribly broken for well over a year, probably at lea

Just to clarify something I think a lot of replies don't understand: The Ubuntu Certbot packages have been horribly broken for well over a year, probably at least two. The PPA for Certbot includes updates of a lot of OS packages, with with incompatibilities with other Ubuntu provided packages. I've spent hours tracking down and fixing the problems that have come from installing certbot via apt. Usually, I'm much more a fan of native packages than snaps or similar, but in this case it makes a lot of sense. Here is a link to the Github Issue: https://github.com/certbot/certbot/issues/5234#event-3691151021 https://github.com/certbot/certbot/issues/5234#event-3691151... (Edit: Adding issue link)

hlieberman 6y ago
Hello! I formerly maintained this PPA before turning it over to some of the Ubuntu people. It's my understanding that certbot is going to be migrated out of universe soon and into the main Ubuntu archive. That will cause it to gain full support from Canonical. Either way, we will continue to support certbot in Debian (upstream of Ubuntu, if downstream from /actual/ upstream) indefinitely. The Ubuntu maintainers and I work closely on packaging.
- linsomniac 6y ago
  Thanks for your work on that. I imagine it will be easier moving forward as most of the issues seemed to be related to pulling in newer versions of Python packages, which broke supplied versions of other packages (boto-related tools ISTR were breaking).
rlpb 6y ago
> The Ubuntu Certbot packages have been horribly broken for well over a year, probably at least two. I think you're mistaken. The Ubuntu Certbot packages are maintained and work fine. What you're referring to is the PPA, which is no longer required (since Ubuntu's distribution-shipped certbot packages have worked fine for a long time now). Or, if not, can you point to specific issues with Ubuntu's own certbot packages please?
- linsomniac 6y ago
  You are correct, it is the PPA, I mention this in the second paragraph.

hlieberman 6y ago

Hello! I formerly maintained this PPA before turning it over to some of the Ubuntu people. It's my understanding that certbot is going to be migrated out of universe soon and into the main Ubuntu archive. That will cause it to gain full support from Canonical. Either way, we will continue to support certbot in Debian (upstream of Ubuntu, if downstream from /actual/ upstream) indefinitely. The Ubuntu maintainers and I work closely on packaging.

linsomniac 6y ago
Thanks for your work on that. I imagine it will be easier moving forward as most of the issues seemed to be related to pulling in newer versions of Python packages, which broke supplied versions of other packages (boto-related tools ISTR were breaking).

rlpb 6y ago

> The Ubuntu Certbot packages have been horribly broken for well over a year, probably at least two. I think you're mistaken. The Ubuntu Certbot packages are maintained and work fine. What you're referring to is the PPA, which is no longer required (since Ubuntu's distribution-shipped certbot packages have worked fine for a long time now). Or, if not, can you point to specific issues with Ubuntu's own certbot packages please?

linsomniac 6y ago
You are correct, it is the PPA, I mention this in the second paragraph.