[This bug is targeted to the upcoming trixie release]

The package build-depends or depends on python3-pkg-resources, which is
deprecated upstream. Details can be found at

https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html

Use of pkg_resources is deprecated in favor of importlib.resources,
importlib.metadata and their backports (importlib_resources, importlib_metadata).
Some useful APIs are also provided by packaging (e.g. requirements and version
parsing). Users should refrain from new usage of pkg_resources and should work
to port to importlib-based solutions.

Python 3.12 in unstable provides both importlib_resources and
importlib_metadata, so no additional dependencies on those packages are needed.

Am Freitag, dem 04.10.2024 um 09:42 +0000 schrieb Matthias Klose:

This has been introduced to silence this warning emitted by fontforge:
plugins

Relevant code:

https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/blob/705433c295326df4a16e5491df917d0b48427242/fontforge/plugin.c#L293

Cheers,

 - Fabian

The fontforge package still uses the pkg_resources module.

Raising the severity of this issue. At the end of the
year 2025, raising the severity again to serious.

If the package is a namespace package, then please lower
the severity again to normal.

Hello,

Bug #1083402 in fontforge reported by you has been fixed in the
Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit
message below and you can check the diff of the fix at:

https://salsa.debian.org/fonts-team/fontforge/-/commit/b54bf41ef956aa3ff7a3c083187b4efad997b8de

(this message was generated automatically)
-- 
Greetings

https://bugs.debian.org/1083402

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
fontforge, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1083402@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Bastian Germann <bage@debian.org> (supplier of updated fontforge package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)
Format: 1.8
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2026 13:38:02 +0200
Source: fontforge
Architecture: source
Version: 1:20251009+git20260808~dfsg-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Fonts Task Force <debian-fonts@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Bastian Germann <bage@debian.org>
Closes: 665334 1083402
Changes:
 fontforge (1:20251009+git20260808~dfsg-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
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   * New upstream version 20251009+git20260808~dfsg
   * Exclude multimastersubrs instead of patching (Closes: #665334)
   * Exclude cxxopts
   * Add Build-Depends: libgtkmm-3.0-dev
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