[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.

The gavodachs 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.

Control: severity -1 normal

It is indeed a namespace package.

I tried porting away from pkg_resources a while ago and was somewhat
discouraged by the size of the blast radius.  Pointers to minimally
invasive alternatives would be much appreciated.

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
gavodachs, 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 1083408@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Alexandre Detiste <tchet@debian.org> (supplier of updated gavodachs package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:36:38 +0200
Source: gavodachs
Architecture: source
Version: 2.13+dfsg-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Astronomy Team <debian-astro-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Alexandre Detiste <tchet@debian.org>
Closes: 1083408
Changes:
 gavodachs (2.13+dfsg-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Team upload.
   * Vendor pkg_resources.py (Closes: #1083408)
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