src:pdfminer is _already_ pdfminer.six
https://sources.debian.org/src/pdfminer/20221105%2Bdfsg-1.1/README.md
pdfminer (20181108+dfsg-1~exp1) experimental; urgency=medium
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* debian/watch
- Switch to maintained pdfminer.six fork. (Closes: #870469)
- Add dversionmangle to opts.
Le jeu. 1 janv. 2026 à 17:46, Alexandre Detiste
<[email protected]> a écrit :
>
> What a scary name ;-) !
>
> > As of 2020, pdfminer.six dropped the support for Python 2 because it was
> > end-of-life.
> > While the .six part is no longer applicable, we kept the name to prevent
> > breaking changes for existing users.
> > https://pdfminersix.readthedocs.io/en/latest/faq.html#why-is-it-called-pdfminer-six
>
> maybe it could be just updated over existing "src:pdfminer"
> to avoid a NEW queue review ... https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/pdfminer
> (maybe that's a very bad idea too, that's why I'm asking)
