It turns out that kiwi declares a build dependency on python-epydoc which is not necessary - the API documentation already exists and does not need to be regenerated, so epydoc is never used. I have created a merge request for this change:
https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/modules/kiwi/merge_requests/2 I know I haven't given you much notice on this bug. I would normally wait a few weeks to give you a chance to respond. However, since this NMU doesn't make any functional changes to your package, I have decided to upload immediately rather than waiting. This lets me keep moving on the epydoc removal process and closes the serious bug against your package. You can merge these changes whenever it's convenient. KEN -- Kenneth J. Pronovici <prono...@debian.org>