Dear Maintainer,
would it be possible to add the metadata vtk-9.x.x.dist-info to the files
installed by python3-vtk9?

A few users I know have fallen in the following pitfall:
1) install vtk9 from debian
2) then, a few months later, forgot whether they had install vtk or not. To
   check, they run "pip show vtk"
3) since metadata are currently missing, "pip show vtk" will say that vtk is not
   installed, and users then proceed to (potentially messing up their systems with)
   "pip install vtk"

Thanks,
Francesco

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
vtk9, 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 1096135@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Drew Parsons <dparsons@debian.org> (supplier of updated vtk9 package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
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Format: 1.8
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2026 13:43:43 +0200
Source: vtk9
Binary: libvtk9-dev libvtk9-java libvtk9-java-dbgsym libvtk9-qt-dev libvtk9.6 libvtk9.6-dbgsym libvtk9.6-qt libvtk9.6-qt-dbgsym python3-vtk9 python3-vtk9-dbgsym vtk9 vtk9-dbgsym vtk9-doc vtk9-examples
Architecture: source amd64 all
Version: 9.6.2+dfsg1-1exp1
Distribution: experimental
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers <debian-science-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Drew Parsons <dparsons@debian.org>
Description:
 libvtk9-dev - VTK header files
 libvtk9-java - VTK - Java language support
 libvtk9-qt-dev - VTK header files, containing Qt files
 libvtk9.6  - VTK libraries
 libvtk9.6-qt - VTK libraries, Qt files
 python3-vtk9 - Python bindings for VTK
 vtk9       - Binaries for VTK9
 vtk9-doc   - VTK class reference documentation
 vtk9-examples - VTK examples
Closes: 1094438 1096135 1137152
Changes:
 vtk9 (9.6.2+dfsg1-1exp1) experimental; urgency=medium
 .
   * Team upload.
   * New upstream release. New ABI 9.6
     - applies debian patches 40_viskores.patch,
       findEXPAT_version_fix_MR12826.patch,
       numpy_drop_in1d_MR12693.patch
     - provides vtkWrapJavaScript-9.6 executable (in vtk9 package)
       and pkgconfig file for viskores (in libvtk9-dev)
     - replaces ThirdParty/h5part with ThirdParty/h5hut
       (still licensed with BSD-3-clause-notice-2)
   * provide debian/python3-vtk9.pydist to declare python3-vtk9 as
     python package vtk. Closes: #1096135
   * Depends: libmariadb-dev rather than default-libmysqlclient-dev
     mariaDB has sufficiently evolved from mySQL to stop claiming
     compatibility. Note that VTK9 nevertheless still treats mariaDB as
     a substitute for mySQL. Activate SQL support by configuring modules
     IO::SQL and IO::MySQL. Interface with QtSQL with GUISupportQtSQL=YES
     Closes: #1137152
   * Build-Depends: libpq-dev and configure IO::PostgreSQL module
     to activate PostgreSQL support
   * use external exprtk (VTK_MODULE_USE_EXTERNAL_VTK_exprtk:BOOL=ON)
     Build-Depends: libexprtk-dev. Closes: #1094438
     debian/copyright: Files-Excluded: ThirdParty/exprtk/vtkexprtk
   * drop patch version from name of manpages
   * libvtk9.6-qt: drop redundant Breaks: Provides: Replaces: libvtk9.1-qt
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We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
vtk9, 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 1096135@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Francesco Ballarin <ballarin@debian.org> (supplier of updated vtk9 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: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:57:41 +0000
Source: vtk9
Architecture: source
Version: 9.6.2+dfsg1-5
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers <debian-science-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Francesco Ballarin <ballarin@debian.org>
Closes: 1096135
Changes:
 vtk9 (9.6.2+dfsg1-5) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   [ Dominique Belhachemi ]
   * Team upload.
   * Drop libdouble-conversion-dev build dependency
     Upstream removed ThirdParty/doubleconversion in v9.6.0
   * Drop unused 30_drop_medical_example.patch
 .
   [ Francesco Ballarin ]
   * Automatically install vtk-{version}.dist-info/METADATA file with minimal
     metadata including only the version number, so that a end user running
     "pip show vtk" correctly receives the answer that the package is installed
     and its version. Closes: #1096135.
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