Public bug reported:

Goobook (https://gitlab.com/goobook/goobook) is a package that makes contact 
data from a google account available on the command line. It has no other 
purpose or features and is typically used in MUAs such as Mutt.


[Impact] 

 * The current version of goobook (3.4.1) in focal and groovy no longer works 
and has
   not worked for several weeks. This is because the method it uses to 
authenticate to 
   Google has been deprecated by them in favour of an alternative OAuth 
approach. See
   https://gitlab.com/goobook/goobook/-/issues/87

 * Justification for backporting the fix to the stable release is that all 
versions
   of goobook prior to 3.5 are now completely unusable.

[Test Case]

 * apt install goobook && goobook authenticate

[Regression Potential]

 * This package is currently not working at all due to the actions of a third 
party
   (Google). This change will make it work again in the way that it is designed 
to.

[Other Info]
 
 * Goobook is a trivial package that exists to serve a single purpose. It is 
presently
   completely unusable and will remain so until an upstream version of 3.5 or 
higher is
   packaged and included in the repositories.

 * The source tarball can be obtained upstream at:
   https://gitlab.com/goobook/goobook/-/archive/3.5/goobook-3.5.tar.gz


Thank you.

** Affects: goobook (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: needs-packaging

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Title:
  GooBook version 3.5 backporting required (SRU request)

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