[Bug 1676923] Re: FFe: Sync python-tz 2016.7-0.3 (main) from Debian unstable (main)

[Graham Inggs]

Because python-tz is modified to use the information from tzdata (which
is already at 2017a-1), we do not *have* to have the latest version of
python-tz.

By sync-ing with Debian we gain build-time tests and some packaging
improvements.

Upstream don't maintain a changelog, but looking through the git log
https://git.launchpad.net/pytz/log/
I did notice some bug fixes since the 2014.10 version:
Prefer ASCII to US-ASCII for performance reasons (LP: #1523110)
Correctly detect static timezones in the 2016f database (LP: #1602807)

I have built and installed the package locally, it also builds in my PPA with -proposed enabled
https://launchpad.net/~ginggs/+archive/ubuntu/testing/+sourcepub/7658807/+listing-archive-extra
I haven't done any testing besides verifying that the build-time tests run successfully.

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Title:
  FFe: Sync python-tz 2016.7-0.3 (main) from Debian unstable (main)

Status in python-tz package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in tzdata package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Please sync python-tz 2016.7-0.2 (main) from Debian unstable (main)

  Explanation of the Ubuntu delta and why it can be dropped:
    * debian/patches/use_utf8_encoding.patch:
      - use utf8 encoding to be compatible with new tzdata versions
        (lp: #1473533)
    Fixed in 2015.7+dfsg-0.1 (debian bug #792192)

    * d/repack*: Add helper to repack orig.tar.gz without zoneinfo files.
    Fixed in debian/copyright Files-Excluded

  Changelog entries since current zesty version 2014.10~dfsg1-0ubuntu2:

  python-tz (2016.7-0.3) unstable; urgency=medium

    * Non-maintainer upload.
    * Apply patch from upstream to assume tzdata/2017a abbreviations for
      timezones. Thanks to Graham Inggs for forwarding this to the BTS.
      (Closes: #858133)
      - Build-depend on tzdata 2017a, since the tests will now fail in the
        opposite way with older tzdata

   -- Simon McVittie <smcv at debian.org>  Sun, 02 Apr 2017 17:20:24 +0100

  python-tz (2016.7-0.2) unstable; urgency=medium

    * Non-maintainer upload
    * Simplify build, enable tests, loosely following Arnaud Fontaine's
      suggestions

   -- Hilko Bengen <bengen at debian.org>  Fri, 25 Nov 2016 12:05:08 +0100

  python-tz (2016.7-0.1) unstable; urgency=medium

    * Non-maintainer upload
    * New upstream version 2016.7 (Closes: #824374)
    * Add tzdata build-dependency (Closes: #839460)
    * Re-enable, rebase zoneinfo patch
    * Modernize package (Closes: #674083)
      * Bump Standards-Version
      * Bump Debhelper version, simplify debian/rules

   -- Hilko Bengen <bengen at debian.org>  Wed, 23 Nov 2016 23:55:03 +0100

  python-tz (2015.7+dfsg-0.1) unstable; urgency=medium

    * Non-maintainer upload. (Closes: #792192)
    * New upstream release. (Closes: #799720)
    * Run unit tests in each stage of the build.

   -- Neil Williams <codehelp at debian.org>  Sat, 20 Feb 2016 10:05:06
  +0000

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