Dear Maintainer,

This package still has ssl.wrap_socket calls, but this was removed in
Python 3.12.  Trixie has 3.13 which means that creating an SSL socket
isn't supported without an extra patch.

This has been fixed upstream, but it looks like bug 783396 isn't going to
get fixed any time soon to bring a newer version to Debian.

Given this, could you consider a patch to move from ssl.wrap_socket to
ssl.SSLContext.wrap_socket.

I have a sample patch available (untested as yet) which would likely
resolve the fact that this package is broken for all SSL connections in
Debian 13 and I will attach this to this bug report shortly.

Thank you in advance for your consideration.

Regards,

Chris Malton

Control: block -1 by 783396
Control: tags -1 pending

Good news, though: Progress is well along for a Debian release of a newer
upstream version, that addresses bug#783396. As you state, the newer
version resolves this bug report also.

I am marking this bug report as blocked by the bug report requesting
release of the newer upstream version.

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
python-irc, 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 1138707@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org> (supplier of updated python-irc package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:26:18 +1100
Source: python-irc
Architecture: source
Version: 20.5.0+dfsg1-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Changed-By: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Closes: 783396 1085923 1138707 1150253
Changes:
 python-irc (20.5.0+dfsg1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * The “Muhammad al-Ghamdi” release.
 .
   [ Ben Finney ]
   * New upstream version.
     Highlights since previous release:
     * Support for Python 3.8 and later.
     * New `irc.client.Reactor` class replaces `IRC` class name.
     * Separate DCC functionality to `DCCConnection` class.
     * `NickMask` now returns `None` (instead of error) when missing attributes.
     * `schedule` module now uses timestamp-aware times by default.
     * Allow text encodings different from UTF-8.
     * New (optional) asynchronous implementation.
     * Support for SASL authentication.
     Closes: bug#783396. Thanks to Daniel Baumann for the report.
     Closes: bug#1085923. Thanks to Graham Inggs for the report.
     Closes: bug#1138707. Thanks to Chris Malton for the report.
     Closes: bug#1150253. Thanks to Alexandre Detiste for the report.
   * Migrate to ‘main’ branch as default for packaging repository.
   * debian/control:
     * Declare conformance to “Standards-Version: 4.7.4”.
     * Declare Debhelper compatibility level 14.
     * Update the project homepage.
     * Enable smoke test of installed Python library in AutoPkgTest.
     * Remove superfluous declaration of “Rules-Requires-Root: no”.
     * Remove superfluous declaration of “Priority: optional”.
     * Mark a build dependency as needed only for built package check.
     * Switch to ‘pyproject’ build system.
   * debian/upstream/metadata:
     * Remove obsolete field from DEP-12 metadata.
     * Record the upstream documentation URL.
   * debian/README.source:
     * Document our preferred VCS collaboration strategy.
     * Document policy on use of Generative AI.
   * debian/watch:
     * Declare that upstream releases have no OpenPGP signature.
   * debian/source/lintian-overrides:
     * Override false positive Lintian check for VCS-* field names.
     * Override false positive Lintian check for IETF copyright conditions.
     * Override false positive check for upstream release OpenPGP signature.
   * debian/rules:
     * Explicitly disable legacy “single-binary” DebHelper behaviour.
   * debian/patches/*:
     * Remove patches incorporated or obsolete upstream.
   * debian/patches/specify-package-data.patch:
     * Specify package data files to install.
   * debian/patches/remove-tracking-from-documentation.patch:
     * Remove tracking images from documentation.
   * debian/patches/remove-tidelift-tracking-banner.patch:
     * Remove tracking banner from documentation.
   * debian/patches/correct-python3-shebang-in-example-scripts.patch:
     * Correct shebang for Python 3 example scripts.
   * debian/python3-irc.lintian-overrides:
     * Override a false positive for documentation that is actually a data file.
 .
   [ Alexandre Detiste ]
   * debian/patches/remove-broken-test-context-manager.patch:
     * Remove a context manager that is breaking upstream test cases.
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