Bug#862058: python-debian: required dependency on python-apt

[Matthieu Caneill]

Package: python-debian
Version: 0.1.28
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

python-debian has a Recommends: dependency on python-apt, and a
mechanism to import alternatives when it is not present.

However, when using Sources.iter_paragraphs(f), with f being a file
object of a compressed file (e.g. Sources.gz), python-debian will
decompress the file when python-apt is present, and try to read the
compressed file when it is not (and fail with an expected
UnicodeDecode error).

This affects all current versions.

Cheers,
--
Matthieu

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.6.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages python-debian depends on:
ii  python-chardet  2.3.0-2
ii  python-six      1.10.0-3
pn  python:any      <none>

Versions of packages python-debian recommends:
ii  python-apt  1.1.0~beta4

Versions of packages python-debian suggests:
ii  gpgv  1.4.20-6

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