Backports

These packages both exists inside the Standard Library and also outside with another name:

module standard library

external module

package

importlib.metadata

importlib_metadata

python3-importlib-metadata

importlib.resources

importlib_resources

python3-importlib-resources

json

simplejson

python3-simplejson

tomllib

tomli

python3-tomli

unittest.mock

mock

python3-mock

zipfile.Path

zipp.Path

python3-zipp

?BaseExceptionGroup, ?ExceptionGroup

idem

python3-exceptiongroup

In the vast majority of cases, with a recent-enough Python interpreter in Debian, the module from the standard library will be prefered.

python3-toml usage can also trivially be replaced with tomllib

Removed backports

When these backports do not have a single use left in the distribution, they get removed.

module standard library

external module

package

contextlib

contextlib2

python3-contextlib2

glob

glob2

python3-glob2

inspect

funcsigs

python3-funcsigs

linecache

linecache2

python3-linecache2

random

random2

python3-random2

unittest

unittest2

python3-unittest2