#1063889 Parse package version string using ‘python3-debian’ class ‘debian.debian_support.Version’

Package:
dput
Source:
dput
Submitter:
Ben Finney
Date:
2024-02-14 06:54:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1063889#5
Date:
2024-02-14 06:28:50 UTC
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The ‘dput.source_check’ function currently uses a custom regex pattern for
parsing a package version string. This pattern differs in some ways from
the official Debian Policy definition of a version string.

Instead of custom parsing, re-write the check to use the functionality
provided by the ‘python3-debian’ package. In ‘debian.debian_support’ is a
‘Version’ class whose constructor parses a package version string into the
defined structure of a Debian package version.

This will introduce a “Depends: python3-debian” relationship to this
package.
#1063889#10
Date:
2024-02-14 06:42:48 UTC
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Thanks to Christoph Berg (‘myon’) for the motivation to report this bug.