can't clone the repo: ValueError: need more than 1 value to unpack

update the patch according to the following guidelines?
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates

I'll be happy to sponsor it then.

yes.
It's the minimal patch to fix the bug.
And it's backported from upstream.

This bug was fixed in the package hg-git - 0.3.2-2

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hg-git (0.3.2-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * Backport a patch from upstream to handle incorrect
    hg metadata gracefully (closes: 636879).

 -- Qijiang Fan <email address hidden> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:41:25 +0800

hg-git (0.3.2-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
  * debian/watch updated.
  * Bump copyright format uri to
    http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0.
  * Bump standards version to 3.9.3.

 -- Qijiang Fan <email address hidden> Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:46:20 +0800

I mean the released version of ubuntu instead of 12.10.
<= 12.04

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Hello fqj1994, or anyone else affected,

Accepted hg-git into natty-proposed. The package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

Hello fqj1994, or anyone else affected,

Accepted hg-git into oneiric-proposed. The package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

Hello fqj1994, or anyone else affected,

Accepted hg-git into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

It works well now.

$ hg clone git://git.debian.org/git/pkg-kde/kde-std/calligra.git
目标目录: calligra
importing git objects into hg
updating to branch default
93 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved

works well on precise.

what to do next ?

This bug was fixed in the package hg-git - 0.3.1-1ubuntu0.1

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hg-git (0.3.1-1ubuntu0.1) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  * 000-fix-line-split-error-on-bad-data-from-rebase.diff:
    fix crash when bad data from rebase is in the log (LP: #986279)
 -- Julian Taylor <email address hidden> Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:18:12 +0200

This bug was fixed in the package hg-git - 0.2.6-2ubuntu0.1

---------------
hg-git (0.2.6-2ubuntu0.1) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low

  * 000-fix-line-split-error-on-bad-data-from-rebase.diff:
    fix crash when bad data from rebase is in the log (LP: #986279)
 -- Julian Taylor <email address hidden> Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:37:49 +0200

The natty update still needs testing, resetting verification tags.

Verified on natty:

(natty-amd64)root@clint-MacBookPro:/tmp# apt-get install mercurial-git
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  python-dulwich python-fastimport
Suggested packages:
  git-core bzr-fastimport
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  mercurial-git python-dulwich python-fastimport
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 193 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1196 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Get:1 http://127.0.0.1/ubuntu/ natty/universe python-dulwich amd64 0.7.0-1 [145 kB]
Get:2 http://127.0.0.1/ubuntu/ natty/universe mercurial-git all 0.2.3-1 [19.2 kB]
Get:3 http://127.0.0.1/ubuntu/ natty/universe python-fastimport all 0.9.0~bzr298-1 [29.1 kB]
Fetched 193 kB in 1s (120 kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package python-dulwich.
(Reading database ... 16631 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking python-dulwich (from .../python-dulwich_0.7.0-1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package mercurial-git.
Unpacking mercurial-git (from .../mercurial-git_0.2.3-1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package python-fastimport.
Unpacking python-fastimport (from .../python-fastimport_0.9.0~bzr298-1_all.deb) ...
Setting up python-dulwich (0.7.0-1) ...
Setting up mercurial-git (0.2.3-1) ...
Setting up python-fastimport (0.9.0~bzr298-1) ...
Processing triggers for python-support ...
(natty-amd64)root@clint-MacBookPro:/tmp# hg clone git://git.debian.org/git/pkg-kde/kde-std/calligra.git
destination directory: calligra
importing Hg objects into Git
Counting objects: 1500, done.
Compressing objects: 100% (603/603), done.
Total 1500 (delta 575), reused 1500 (delta 575)
importing Git objects into Hg
** unknown exception encountered, please report by visiting
** http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/BugTracker
** Python 2.7.1+ (r271:86832, Apr 11 2011, 18:13:53) [GCC 4.5.2]
** Mercurial Distributed SCM (version 1.7.5)
** Extensions loaded: bookmarks, git
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/hg", line 38, in <module>
    mercurial.dispatch.run()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/mercurial/dispatch.py", line 16, in run
    sys.exit(dispatch(sys.argv[1:]))
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/mercurial/dispatch.py", line 36, in dispatch
    return _runcatch(u, args)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/mercurial/dispatch.py", line 58, in _runcatch
    return _dispatch(ui, args)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/mercurial/dispatch.py", line 593, in _dispatch
    cmdpats, cmdoptions)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/mercurial/dispatch.py", line 401, in runcommand
    ret = _runcommand(ui, options, cmd, d)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/mercurial/dispatch.py", line 644, in _runcommand
    return checkargs()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/mercurial/dispatch.py", line 598, in checkargs
    return cmdfunc()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/mercurial/dispatch.py", line 591, in <lambda>
    d = lambda: util.checksignature(func)(ui, *args, **cmdoptions)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/p...

Added back verification=needed for lucid.

This bug was fixed in the package hg-git - 0.2.3-1ubuntu0.1

---------------
hg-git (0.2.3-1ubuntu0.1) natty-proposed; urgency=low

  * 000-fix-line-split-error-on-bad-data-from-rebase.diff:
    fix crash when bad data from rebase is in the log (LP: #986279)
 -- Julian Taylor <email address hidden> Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:40:28 +0200

Verified on lucid

destination directory: calligra.git
importing Hg objects into Git
Counting objects: 1500, done.
Compressing objects: 100% (603/603), done.
Total 1500 (delta 575), reused 1500 (delta 575)
importing Git objects into Hg
at: 0/308
** unknown exception encountered, details follow
** report bug details to http://mercurial.selenic.com/bts/
** or <email address hidden>
** Mercurial Distributed SCM (version 1.4.3)
** Extensions loaded: bookmarks, git
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/hg", line 27, in <module>
    mercurial.dispatch.run()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/mercurial/dispatch.py", line 16, in run
    sys.exit(dispatch(sys.argv[1:]))
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/mercurial/dispatch.py", line 30, in dispatch
    return _runcatch(u, args)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/mercurial/dispatch.py", line 46, in _runcatch
    return _dispatch(ui, args)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/mercurial/dispatch.py", line 454, in _dispatch
    return runcommand(lui, repo, cmd, fullargs, ui, options, d)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/mercurial/dispatch.py", line 324, in runcommand
    ret = _runcommand(ui, options, cmd, d)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/mercurial/dispatch.py", line 505, in _runcommand
    return checkargs()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/mercurial/dispatch.py", line 459, in checkargs
    return cmdfunc()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/mercurial/dispatch.py", line 453, in <lambda>
    d = lambda: util.checksignature(func)(ui, *args, **cmdoptions)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/mercurial/util.py", line 386, in check
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/mercurial/commands.py", line 649, in clone
    update=opts.get('updaterev') or not opts.get('noupdate'))
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/mercurial/hg.py", line 292, in clone
    dest_repo.clone(src_repo, heads=revs, stream=stream)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/mercurial/localrepo.py", line 2140, in clone
    return self.pull(remote, heads)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/hgext/git/hgrepo.py", line 12, in pull
    git.fetch(remote.path, heads)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/hgext/git/git_handler.py", line 98, in fetch
    self.import_git_objects(remote_name, refs)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/hgext/git/git_handler.py", line 398, in import_git_objects
    self.import_git_commit(commit)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/hgext/git/git_handler.py", line 403, in import_git_commit
    (strip_message, hg_renames, hg_branch, extra) = self.extract_hg_metadata(commit.message)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/hgext/git/git_handler.py", line 735, in extract_hg_metadata
    command, data = line.split(" : ", 1)
ValueError: need more than 1 value to unpack
(lucid-amd64)root@clint-MacBookPro:/tmp# vi /etc/apt/sources.list
(lucid-amd64)root@clint-MacBookPro:/tmp# apt-get update
Hit http://127.0.0.1 lucid Release.gpg
Hit http://127.0.0.1 lucid-updates Release.gpg
Get:1 http://127.0.0.1 lucid-proposed Release.gpg [198B]
Hit http://127.0.0.1 lucid Release
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release.gp...

The verification of this Stable Release Update has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regresssions.

This bug was fixed in the package hg-git - 0.2.1-1ubuntu0.1

---------------
hg-git (0.2.1-1ubuntu0.1) lucid-proposed; urgency=low

  * 000-fix-line-split-error-on-bad-data-from-rebase.diff:
    fix crash when bad data from rebase is in the log (LP: #986279)
 -- Julian Taylor <email address hidden> Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:45:32 +0200