Bug#947111: python-thinc: FTBFS with Python 3.8

[Graham Inggs]

Source: python-thinc
Version: 6.12.1-1
Severity: serious
Tags: ftbfs

Hi Maintainer

A recent rebuild of python-thinc with Python 3.8 failed [1].
I've copied what I hope is the relevant part of the log below.

This may be related to the upload of wheel 0.33.6-1 on 2019-10-17.

Regards
Graham


[1] https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=python-thinc


Note: Bypassing https://pypi.org/simple/wheel/ (disallowed host; see
http://bit.ly/2hrImnY for details).


Note: Bypassing https://pypi.org/simple/ (disallowed host; see
http://bit.ly/2hrImnY for details).

No local packages or working download links found for wheel<0.33.0,>=0.32.0
Cythonizing sources
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 211, in <module>
    setup_package()
  File "setup.py", line 150, in setup_package
    setup(
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line
144, in setup
    _install_setup_requires(attrs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line
139, in _install_setup_requires
    dist.fetch_build_eggs(dist.setup_requires)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 717,
in fetch_build_eggs
    resolved_dists = pkg_resources.working_set.resolve(
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py",
line 780, in resolve
    dist = best[req.key] = env.best_match(
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py",
line 1065, in best_match
    return self.obtain(req, installer)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py",
line 1077, in obtain
    return installer(requirement)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 787,
in fetch_build_egg
    return cmd.easy_install(req)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py",
line 698, in easy_install
    raise DistutilsError(msg)
distutils.errors.DistutilsError: Could not find suitable distribution
for Requirement.parse('wheel<0.33.0,>=0.32.0')
E: pybuild pybuild:341: configure: plugin distutils failed with: exit
code=1: python3.8 setup.py config