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Package: python-scooby
Version: 0.11.0-1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
User: [email protected]
Usertags: origin-ubuntu resolute ubuntu-patch
Dear Maintainer,
I have encountered an issue with tqdm package in Ubuntu
(https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tqdm/4.67.3-1)
It installs the following distinfo:
====
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/tqdm-4.67.3.dist-info
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/tqdm-4.67.3.dist-info/INSTALLER
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/tqdm-4.67.3.dist-info/METADATA
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/tqdm-4.67.3.dist-info/WHEEL
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/tqdm-4.67.3.dist-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/tqdm-4.67.3.dist-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.14
/usr/lib/python3.14/dist-packages
/usr/lib/python3.14/dist-packages/tqdm-4.67.3.dist-info
/usr/lib/python3.14/dist-packages/tqdm-4.67.3.dist-info/INSTALLER
/usr/lib/python3.14/dist-packages/tqdm-4.67.3.dist-info/top_level.txt
====
Which I understand is the expected behaviour because the python debian helper
strips duplicate metadata.
Scooby uses the following code to retrieve package names:
https://github.com/banesullivan/scooby/blob/220e6464f5025a9c5bdbc52625f65fed5d3bd7de/scooby/report.py#L240:L243
installed = sorted(
(dist.metadata['Name'] for dist in distributions()),
key=str.lower,
)
It produces an exception if the distinfo does not contain the metadata file:
416s File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/scooby/report.py", line 376, in
__repr__
416s repr_dict = self.to_dict()
416s File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/scooby/report.py", line 537, in
to_dict
416s out['other'] = json.dumps(self.other_packages)
416s ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
416s File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/scooby/report.py", line 259, in
other_packages
416s installed: dict[str, str] = self.installed_packages
416s ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
416s File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/scooby/report.py", line 240, in
installed_packages
416s installed = sorted(
416s (dist.metadata['Name'] for dist in distributions()),
416s key=str.lower,
416s )
416s TypeError: descriptor 'lower' for 'str' objects doesn't apply to a
'NoneType' object
Since the code collects a list of package names, we can ignore the missing
metadata entries.
The attached patch can be applied to achieve the following:
* d/p/ignore-empty-metadata.patch: Ignore dist-info with missing
metadata when collecting the package list (LP: #2143273).
Thanks for considering the patch.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
APT prefers questing-updates
APT policy: (500, 'questing-updates'), (500, 'questing-security'), (500,
'questing'), (100, 'questing-backports')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 6.17.0-14-generic (SMP w/32 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
diff -Nru python-scooby-0.11.0/debian/patches/ignore-empty-metadata.patch
python-scooby-0.11.0/debian/patches/ignore-empty-metadata.patch
--- python-scooby-0.11.0/debian/patches/ignore-empty-metadata.patch
1970-01-01 12:00:00.000000000 +1200
+++ python-scooby-0.11.0/debian/patches/ignore-empty-metadata.patch
2026-03-05 16:08:49.000000000 +1300
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Description: Ignore dist-info with the missing metadata
+ Python debian helper strips duplicate metadata, so
+ a version-specific dist-info may not have it available.
+Author: Vladimir Petko <[email protected]>
+Bug: https://github.com/banesullivan/scooby/issues/144
+Bug-Ubuntu:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-scooby/+bug/2143273
+Last-Update: 2026-03-05
+
+--- a/scooby/report.py
++++ b/scooby/report.py
+@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
+ """
+ # sort case-insensitively by name
+ installed = sorted(
+- (dist.metadata['Name'] for dist in distributions()),
++ (dist.name for dist in distributions() if dist.name),
+ key=str.lower,
+ )
+ packages: dict[str, str] = {}
diff -Nru python-scooby-0.11.0/debian/patches/series
python-scooby-0.11.0/debian/patches/series
--- python-scooby-0.11.0/debian/patches/series 1970-01-01 12:00:00.000000000
+1200
+++ python-scooby-0.11.0/debian/patches/series 2026-03-05 16:08:49.000000000
+1300
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ignore-empty-metadata.patch
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: python-scooby
Source-Version: 0.11.0-2
Done: Francesco Ballarin <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
python-scooby, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Francesco Ballarin <[email protected]> (supplier of updated python-scooby
package)
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Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2026 08:52:36 +0000
Source: python-scooby
Architecture: source
Version: 0.11.0-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Python Team <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Francesco Ballarin <[email protected]>
Closes: 1129720
Changes:
python-scooby (0.11.0-2) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* Update F. Ballarin's email address.
* Add patch ignore-empty-metadata.patch to ignore dist-info with the missing
metadata. Python debian helper strips duplicate metadata, so a
version-specific dist-info may not have it available.
Thanks to Vladimir Petko <[email protected]>
Closes: #1129720.
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