Some changes in python-debianbts

[Bastian Venthur <venthur@debian.org>]

Dear reportbug maintainers,

I just uploaded python-debianbts 2.10.0 to unstable which prepares some
changes you should be aware of. Basically, it deprecates some awkward
ways how parameters were passed to get_status, get_bugs and get_usertags:

* Deprecated support for positional arguments in `get_status`, we use a
  list of bugnumbers explicitly now: `get_status(123, 234, 345)` becomes
  `get_status([123, 234, 345])`

* Deprecated support for positional arguments in `get_usertags`, we use
  a list of tags explicitly now:
  `get_usertags('mail@example.com', 'foo', 'bar')` becomes
  `get_usertags('mail@example.com', ['foo', 'bar'])`

* Deprecated support for positional arguments in `get_bugs`, we use
  `kwargs` explicitly now:
  `get_bugs('package', 'gtk-qt-engine', 'severity', 'normal')` becomes
  `get_bugs(package='gtk-qt-engine', severity='normal')`

the old ways to call those methods will be supported for a while, but
there will be deprecation warnings.

I hope you agree that the new way of calling the above methods is a bit
more intuitive for Python users now -- I don't remember why I
implemented them like that in the first place. For now the new and the
old way will be supported but I hope to get rid of the old way before
the next Debian/stable is released.

Please let me know if you need help with migrating or ping me when you
finished migrating so i can delete the old stuff.


Cheers,

Bastian


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Dr. Bastian Venthur                                 https://venthur.de
Debian Developer                                 venthur at debian org