Hey,

currently whitespace information is lost, when modifing Copyright.files
and entries will joined with a simple space. That is correct syntax, but
not the expected behavior for a developer. Especially that the
workaround needs to access the private data element
_RestrictedWrapper__data and that is bad Python practice to access
private class members. It would be nice to have a proper way edit and store
parts without losing the whitespace information.

Here is my workaround:

for paragraph in copyright.all_files_paragraphs():
    files = list()
    for f in paragraph._RestrictedWrapper__data['Files'].splitlines():
        if match(f.strip()):
            if files:
                files.append(f)
            else:
                files.append(f.strip())
    files_entry = "\n".join(files)
    paragraph._RestrictedWrapper__data['Files'] = files_entry

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
python-debian, 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 960278@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Stuart Prescott <stuart@debian.org> (supplier of updated python-debian package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2022 11:30:33 +1100
Source: python-debian
Architecture: source
Version: 0.1.49
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian python-debian Maintainers <pkg-python-debian-maint@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Stuart Prescott <stuart@debian.org>
Closes: 960278 1011937
Changes:
 python-debian (0.1.49) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   [ Debian Janitor ]
   * Update lintian override info to new format on line 1.
 .
   [ Niels Thykier ]
   * Fix whitespace handling of Copyright files (Closes: #960278)
 .
   [ Stuart Prescott ]
   * Make python-debian (more) portable (Closes: #1011937)
     - Tweak tests to be portable to other platforms
     - Adapt tests so that skipping optional tests can be prevented if needed
     - Add other platforms to CI to test portability
   * Switch tests to use more pytest features.
   * Updates for newer mypy and pylint.
   * Add Debian 14 'forky' to the list of known releases.
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Control: reopen -1
Hi,

I do not see a fix to Copyright files in my name in the 0.1.49 release
(checking the git log).  I did a draft MR but it was never merged.

Therefore, I am reopening this.

Thanks,
~Niels