Dear Maintainer,

The help output for ‘pudb’ shows the ‘--steal-output’ option, but
unlike other options it is not described or explained:

=====
$ pudb
Usage: run.py [options] SCRIPT-TO-RUN [SCRIPT-ARGUMENTS]

Options:
-h, --help          show this help message and exit
-s, --steal-output
--pre-run=COMMAND   Run command before each program run
=====

Control: tags -1 + upstream
Control: forwarded -1 https://github.com/inducer/pudb/pull/745

I've prepared a fix that adds a help string for the -s/--steal-output
option, which was the only CLI flag without one. While doing so I found
that the option is in fact unimplemented -- passing -s raises
NotImplementedError in pudb's Debugger.__init__ -- so the help text also
notes that.

Rather than carry a Debian-only patch straight away, I've submitted the
change upstream:

https://github.com/inducer/pudb/pull/745

I'd like to give upstream a chance to weigh in first. It may make sense
to remove this option entirely. I plan to wait a few weeks; if there is
no upstream response, I'll apply the equivalent patch in the next Debian
upload.

Regards,

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
pudb, 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 773262@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Raúl Benencia <rul@debian.org> (supplier of updated pudb package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 08:57:49 -0700
Source: pudb
Binary: python3-pudb
Architecture: source all
Version: 2025.1.5-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Federico Ceratto <federico@debian.org>
Changed-By: Raúl Benencia <rul@debian.org>
Description:
 python3-pudb - full-screen, console-based Python3 debugger
Closes: 773262
Changes:
 pudb (2025.1.5-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * d/patches: Document the --steal-output CLI option. The change has been
     merged upstream (inducer/pudb#745). (Closes: #773262)
   * d/patches: Mark 00-disable-bad-encoding-tests.patch as not-needed
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   * d/control: Update my Uploaders email address to rul@debian.org.
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