[Python-apps-team] Bug#955193: alot: warnings with Python 3.8: SyntaxWarning: "is" with a literal

[Paul Wise]

Package: alot
Version: 0.9-2
Severity: normal
Usertags: warnings

When I upgraded to Python 3.8 I got these warnings about alot during
the upgrade saying that the code should use "==" instead of "is":

Setting up python3 (3.8.2-2) ...
running python rtupdate hooks for python3.8...
/usr/share/alot/alot/commands/envelope.py:762: SyntaxWarning: "is" with a literal. Did you mean "=="?
  if self.action is "txt2html":
/usr/share/alot/alot/commands/envelope.py:768: SyntaxWarning: "is" with a literal. Did you mean "=="?
  elif self.action is "html2txt":
/usr/share/alot/alot/widgets/ansi.py:84: SyntaxWarning: "is" with a literal. Did you mean "=="?
  if code is 0:

-- System Information:
Debian Release: bullseye/sid
  APT prefers testing-debug
  APT policy: (900, 'testing-debug'), (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable-debug'), (800, 'unstable'), (790, 'buildd-unstable'), (700, 'experimental-debug'), (700, 'experimental'), (690, 'buildd-experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 5.4.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_AU.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_AU:en (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages alot depends on:
ii  python3             3.8.2-2
ii  python3-configobj   5.0.6-3
ii  python3-gpg         1.13.1-6
ii  python3-magic       2:0.4.15-3
ii  python3-notmuch     0.29.3-1
ii  python3-twisted     18.9.0-8
ii  python3-urwid       2.0.1-2+b2
ii  python3-urwidtrees  1.0.1.1-2

Versions of packages alot recommends:
ii  links    2.20.2-1+b1
ii  notmuch  0.29.3-1+b2
ii  w3m      0.5.3-37+b1

Versions of packages alot suggests:
pn  alot-doc  <none>

-- no debconf information

-- 
bye,
pabs

https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
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