Bug#990483: python3-torchvision: HTTP Error: Service Unavailable, when downloading MNIST data with torchvision

[Amr Ibrahim <amribrahim1987@hotmail.com>]

Package: python3-torchvision
Version: 0.8.2-1
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-Cc: amribrahim1987@hotmail.com

Dear Maintainer,

I am getting an HTTPError: Service Unavailable when trying to download MNIST dataset with torchvision.

Code to reproduce the bug:

from torchvision.datasets import MNIST
MNIST(".", download=True)

The issue is reported and fixed upstream:
https://github.com/pytorch/vision/issues/3549

By doing a little bit of research, these might be the fixing commits:
https://github.com/pytorch/vision/commit/9a08e47de1f8477faaea220dafa87d8fd376a151
https://github.com/pytorch/vision/commit/d5bc2b242038c1b2a3031d54e2961ebfdc0dc28e
https://github.com/pytorch/vision/commit/ad3bbef90707d6495803c59a3ef4910c91c5025e
https://github.com/pytorch/vision/commit/aa365993a297dfbcf82634a12747a0649c3356bd
https://github.com/pytorch/vision/commit/814c4f08bc9296a314ecb9e216648e0d059a3edc

Please backport the fix to Debian Bullseye 11.

Thanks,
Amr


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Versions of packages python3-torchvision depends on:
ii  libc6          2.31-12
ii  libgcc-s1      10.2.1-6
ii  libstdc++6     10.2.1-6
ii  libtorch1.7    1.7.1-7
ii  python3        3.9.2-3
ii  python3-numpy  1:1.19.5-1
ii  python3-pil    8.1.2+dfsg-0.1
ii  python3-torch  1.7.1-7
ii  python3.9      3.9.2-1

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