Bug#851223: RFS: python-parse/1.6.3-1.1 [NMU]

[Daniel Manila <daniel@springwater7.org>]

Package: sponsorship-requests
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Dear mentors,

I am looking for a sponsor for my NMU package "python-parse"

* Package name    : python-parse
   Version         : 1.6.3-1.1
   Upstream Author : Richard Jones <richard@python.org>
* URL             : https://github.com/r1chardj0n3s/parse
* License         : Custom Copyright (see below)
  Section         : python
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Copyright (c) 2012-2013 Richard Jones <richard@python.org>

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It builds those binary packages:

    python-parse - Parse provides the reverse function for format().
    python3-parse - Parse provides the reverse function for format().

To access further information about this package, please visit the
following URL:

  https://mentors.debian.net/package/python-parse


Alternatively, one can download the package with dget using this command:

    dget -x
https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/p/python-parse/python-parse_1.6.3-1.1.dsc

More information about python-parse can be obtained from
https://github.com/r1chardj0n3s/parse.

Changes since the last upload:

  python-parse (1.6.3-1.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * Non-maintainer upload.
  * Adds python3 support (closes: #849937).

 -- Daniel Manila <dmv@springwater7.org>  Thu, 12 Jan 2017 16:57:30 +0600

Currently any developer who uses the parse library in python3 cannot
add it as a dependency for a debian package. This NMU simply adds the
python3-parse package. The maintainer for python-parse appears to be
inactive, but regardless this is a very simple change.

If possible it would be nice to get this update into the Stretch
release, since this library is a dependency for other packages.
	

Regards,
  Daniel