python-formerly 0.1.0-1~exp1

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Description	Deprecate a class that users inherit from formerly renames a class that users inherit from, without breaking them. The old name keeps accepting classes that already inherit from the new one, so a library can rename a base class without breaking the isinstance() checks that its own code, or its users' code, runs against the old name (unlike @warnings.deprecated).
Maintainer	Debian Python Team <team+python@tracker.debian.org>
Changed By	Andrey Rakhmatullin <wrar@debian.org>
Sponsor	wrar@debian.org
Distribution	experimental
Architecture	all
VCS	git: https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/packages/python-formerly.git (browse)
Closes	#1150490
Tracker	https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/python-formerly
Uploaded	2 hours ago

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Source	python-formerly
Version	0.1.0-1~exp1
Changed-By	Andrey Rakhmatullin <wrar@debian.org>
Architecture	source all
Distribution	experimental
Date	Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:06:36 +0500

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python-formerly (0.1.0-1~exp1) experimental; urgency=medium
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   * Initial release (Closes: #1150490).

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Component	main
Package-List	python3-formerly deb python optional arch=all
Section	python
Priority	optional

debian/copyright◂

Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Upstream-Name: formerly
Upstream-Contact: Zyte <opensource@zyte.com>
Source: https://github.com/scrapy/formerly

Files: *
Copyright: Scrapy developers
License: BSD-3-clause

Files: debian/*
Copyright: Andrey Rakhmatullin <wrar@debian.org>
License: BSD-3-clause

License: BSD-3-clause
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
 are met:
 .
 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
    this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
 3. Neither the name of Scrapy nor the names of its contributors may be used
    to endorse or promote products derived from this software without
    specific prior written permission.
 .
 THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
 AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
 IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
 ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
 LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
 CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
 SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
 INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
 CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
 ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

DFSG Assistant LLM REVIEW 0 blocker, 0 important, 1 minor

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DFSG NEW review for python-formerly version 0.1.0-1~exp1

Summary

Licensing is DFSG-compliant and debian/copyright is accurate: Yes
Packaging is of good quality: Yes
Issues: 0 blocker, 0 important, 1 minor
debian/watch: absent
debian/copyright: machine-readable
Scan before the review: nothing found

Licensing

Single-licence pure-Python package. Upstream LICENSE is BSD-3-clause (Scrapy developers, all rights reserved), and debian/copyright is DEP-5 with a Files: * catch-all assigning BSD-3-clause to all upstream files and a Files: debian/* stanza for the packaging. The full BSD-3-clause text is reproduced in debian/copyright; it matches the upstream LICENSE exactly (including the Scrapy clause 3). No non-free terms, no binary/minified/vendored artifacts, no files lacking a licence, no embedded third-party code. The prescan's holder check found every holder named in debian/copyright.

Packaging

Clean, modern packaging. debhelper-compat 14 with dh + pybuild, dh-sequence-python3 and dh-sequence-single-binary, pybuild-plugin-pyproject with python3-hatchling backend. Build-Depends are all present in the archive; python3-pytest is correctly marked <!nocheck> (the dh_auto_test override handling applies at compat 13+, so this is right). Binary package python3-formerly has Architecture: all and no Depends field, which is correct at compat 14 (dh_gencontrol adds relationship substvars itself). Standalone Testsuite autopkgtest-pkg-pybuild picks up tests/. Standards-Version 4.7.4 matches current 4.7.4.1. Vcs-*, Homepage, gbp.conf, changelog (experimental, versioned, bug closure) are all in order. Format 3.0 (quilt), no patches needed.

Issues

1. [minor] [packaging] There is no debian/watch

Files: debian/watch
Basis: found by the review tooling's own checks
Problem: Without a watch file new upstream releases are not noticed by uscan, the tracker or the maintainer's tools.
Fix: Add a debian/watch in version 5 format, or, if upstream has no usable release channel, one holding a comment that says so.

Verified

debian/copyright is DEP-5 machine-readable; the LICENSE file's BSD-3-clause text matches the License: BSD-3-clause stanza verbatim, including the Scrapy clause.
Only the LICENSE file carries a copyright notice in the source; all other upstream files (formerly/init.py, py.typed, tests/, README, CHANGELOG, pyproject.toml, tox.ini, codecov.yml, .github/workflows, .pre-commit-config.yaml, .gitignore) are covered by the Files: * stanza.
No binary, minified, or generated files, no fonts/images/sounds/data, no embedded third-party code; nothing with an unclear license. dfsg-author-check found 13 files and every holder is named in debian/copyright.
All Build-Depends (debhelper-compat, python3-all, python3-hatchling, python3-pytest, pybuild-plugin-pyproject) exist in the archive.
No debian/patches are present; upstream applied as-is, Format 3.0 (quilt) is standard.
autopkgtest via pybuild auto-discovers tests/test_formerly.py; no standalone debian/tests/control is required.

Not confirmed

None.

Proposed changes

None.

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