Remove packaging as a dependency

Author: huwcbjones

debian/changelog

@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+python-redis (4.3.4-3pexip3) pexip; urgency=medium
+
+  * Remove use of packaging
+  * Remove packaging as a dependency
+
+ -- Huw Jones <[email protected]>  Tue, 21 Feb 2023 16:31:20 +0000
+
 python-redis (4.3.4-3pexip2) pexip; urgency=medium
 
   * Remove deprecated functions

debian/patches/pexip-0002-remove-packaging.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+--- a/redis/connection.py
++++ b/redis/connection.py
+@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
+ from time import time
+ from urllib.parse import parse_qs, unquote, urlparse
+ 
+-from packaging.version import Version
+-
+ from redis.backoff import NoBackoff
+ from redis.exceptions import (
+     AuthenticationError,
+@@ -54,10 +52,9 @@
+ if HIREDIS_AVAILABLE:
+     import hiredis
+ 
+-    hiredis_version = Version(hiredis.__version__)
+-    HIREDIS_SUPPORTS_CALLABLE_ERRORS = hiredis_version >= Version("0.1.3")
+-    HIREDIS_SUPPORTS_BYTE_BUFFER = hiredis_version >= Version("0.1.4")
+-    HIREDIS_SUPPORTS_ENCODING_ERRORS = hiredis_version >= Version("1.0.0")
++    HIREDIS_SUPPORTS_CALLABLE_ERRORS = False
++    HIREDIS_SUPPORTS_BYTE_BUFFER = False
++    HIREDIS_SUPPORTS_ENCODING_ERRORS = False
+ 
+     HIREDIS_USE_BYTE_BUFFER = True
+     # only use byte buffer if hiredis supports it
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
+     author_email="[email protected]",
+     python_requires=">=3.6",
+     install_requires=[
+-        "packaging>=20.4",
+         'importlib-metadata >= 1.0; python_version < "3.8"',
+         'typing-extensions; python_version<"3.8"',
+         "async-timeout>=4.0.2",

debian/patches/series

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 pexip-0001-remove-deprecated.patch
+pexip-0002-remove-packaging.patch