[Python-modules-team] Bug#890967: pexpect: Please update to the new upstream version

[Neil Williams]

Source: pexpect
Version: 4.2.1-1
Severity: important

The new upstream version 4.4.0 has important benefits in handling
large buffers: https://github.com/pexpect/pexpect/issues/385

Please can the version in Debian be updated? The new version would
also be appreciated in stretch-backports.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386, armhf, arm64

Kernel: Linux 4.14.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_GB:en (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled