Bug#1143833: RFS: python-svg.path/7.1-1 [ITA] -- SVG path objects and parser for Python

Package: sponsorship-requests
Severity: normal

Dear mentors,

I am looking for a sponsor for my package "python-svg.path":

 * Package name     : python-svg.path
   Version          : 7.1-1
   Upstream contact : Lennart Regebro <[email protected]>
 * URL              : https://github.com/regebro/svg.path
 * License          : Expat (tests/font.py: HPND)
 * Vcs              : https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/packages/python-svg.path
   Section          : python

The source builds the following binary package:

  python3-svg.path - SVG path objects and parser for Python3

To access further information about this package, please visit the following URL:

  https://mentors.debian.net/package/python-svg.path/

Alternatively, you can download the package with 'dget' using this command:

  dget -x https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/p/python-svg.path/python-svg.path_7.1-1.dsc

Changes since the last upload:

 python-svg.path (7.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * New upstream release.
     - Reset cached segment fractions when a Path is re-measured, fixing wrong
       coordinates or an IndexError from point()/tangent() after mutating a Path
       via del/setitem/insert/slice assignment.
     - Add Path.lengths().
     - Better handling of tangents of paths that start with a Move().
   * Adopt the package under the Debian Python Team umbrella (Closes: #816512).
   * Bump Standards-Version to 4.7.4 (no changes needed).
   * Bump debhelper-compat to 14; none of its changes affect this package.
   * Drop the unused debian/tests/python3-svg.path script. There is no
     debian/tests/control, so nothing ever ran it; the autopkgtest is
     generated from Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-pybuild. It also invoked
     "setup.py test", which setuptools no longer supports.
   * debian/copyright: extend the upstream copyright range to 2026, the code
     having been modified through 7.1, and add myself to the debian/* stanza.

Some context, since this is my first upload.

The package has been orphaned since 2017 (#816512, filed as an RFA in 2016 by
Daniel Stender and orphaned the following year for lack of time). I have
retitled the bug to ITA and taken ownership. Alexandre Detiste did a QA upload
in January 2026 which left the packaging in good shape, so this upload is
mostly the pending upstream release plus the adoption itself.

Following Debian Python Team policy I have set Maintainer to the team and put
myself in Uploaders. My salsa account is awaiting approval, so I have not yet
been able to push to the team repository or run the Salsa CI pipeline; the
branches are ready locally and I will push as soon as I have access. I will
also be requesting team membership on [email protected].

QA performed, all against unstable:

  * sbuild in a clean sid chroot: successful
  * lintian 2.139.0 (run inside the chroot), --info --display-info --pedantic:
    no tags at all. For comparison, 7.0-2 as it stands in the archive emits
    orphaned-package-maintained-in-private-space, which this upload resolves.
  * autopkgtest (unshare backend, sid): pass, 56 tests on Python 3.14.6
  * piuparts: pass for install, upgrade and purge
  * debdiff against 7.0-2 reviewed; the debian/ changes are limited to
    debian/changelog, debian/control and the removed debian/tests script

The changelog has six entries where the adoption alone would have needed two.
If you would prefer a narrower first upload, the debhelper-compat bump and the
removal of the dead debian/tests script are both independent of the adoption,
and I am happy to drop them and submit them separately.

Regards,
--
Dustin Kost