Dear Maintainer,

python3-toml is on it's way out.

Python3 projects are migrating to Tomli
or tomllib (the copy integrated the Python standard library)


Please consider this patch that allows removal of
the python3-toml build-dependency.

Greetings

Alexandre


/tmp/pcbasic$ cat debian/patches/0004_drop_usage_of_old_toml.patch
--- a/make/linux.py
+++ b/make/linux.py
@@ -9,15 +9,15 @@
 import os
 import sys
 import subprocess
-
-import toml
+import tomllib

 from .common import make_clean, build_icon, make_docs, mkdir, make_ready
 from .common import VERSION, HERE, RESOURCE_PATH


 # project config
-SETUP_DATA = toml.load(os.path.join(HERE, 'pyproject.toml'))['project']
+with open(os.path.join(HERE, 'pyproject.toml'), 'rb') as fd:
+    SETUP_DATA = tomllib.load(fd)['project']

 # paths
 CONTROL_FILE = os.path.join(RESOURCE_PATH, 'control')

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
pcbasic, 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 1131531@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) <paulliu@debian.org> (supplier of updated pcbasic package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:37:27 +0100
Source: pcbasic
Architecture: source
Version: 2.0.8-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) <paulliu@debian.org>
Changed-By: Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) <paulliu@debian.org>
Closes: 1085773 1131531
Changes:
 pcbasic (2.0.8-1) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   [ Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) <paulliu@debian.org> ]
   * New upstream release.
     - Upstream fixes Python SyntaxWarning (Closes: #1085773)
   [ Alexandre Detiste <alexandre.detiste@gmail.com> ]
   * Add debian/patches/0004_drop_usage_of_old_toml.patch
     - Porting python-toml to tomllib. (Closes: #1131531)
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