Source: python-versioneer Section: devel Priority: optional Maintainer: Debian Python Team Uploaders: Steffen Moeller , Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13), flake8 , git , pybuild-plugin-pyproject, pyflakes3 , python3-all, python3-dev , python3-setuptools, python3-flake8 , python3-flake8-docstrings , python3-mypy , tox , Standards-Version: 4.6.1 Homepage: https://github.com/python-versioneer/python-versioneer Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/packages/python-versioneer Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/packages/python-versioneer.git Package: python3-versioneer Architecture: all Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${python3:Depends}, Suggests: python-python-versioneer-doc, Description: determine version from repository tag This is a tool for managing a recorded version number in distutils-based python projects. The goal is to remove the tedious and error-prone "update the embedded version string" step from your release process. Making a new release should be as easy as recording a new tag in your version-control system, and maybe making new tarballs.