Accepted python-irc 20.5.0+dfsg1-1 (source) into unstable

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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
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   * The “Muhammad al-Ghamdi” release.
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   [ 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.
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   [ Alexandre Detiste ]
   * debian/patches/remove-broken-test-context-manager.patch:
     * Remove a context manager that is breaking upstream test cases.
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