Bug#1007212: python3-defcon: multiple circular dependencies

[Jeremy Bicha <jeremy.bicha@canonical.com>]

Control: tags -1 +upstream
Control: severity -1 normal

On Sun, Mar 13, 2022 at 12:30 PM Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> wrote:
> There is a circular dependency between python3-defcon, python3-fonttools and python3-ufolib2:
>
> python3-defcon  :Depends: python3-fonttools (>= 4.26.2)
> python3-fonttools       :Depends: python3-ufolib2 (>= 0.12.1), python3-defcon (>= 0.6.0)
> python3-ufolib2         :Depends: python3-fonttools (>= 4.29.1)
>
> Complex circular dependencies are known to cause problems during upgrade, so we
> should try to avoid them.

This is an upstream issue. These python libraries do have code
dependencies on each other.

Thank you,
Jeremy