package depends on pep8 tool instead of python-pep8 library

[Merlijn van Deen]

ubuntu@ubuntu-xenial:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Release: 16.04

ubuntu@ubuntu-xenial:~$ apt-cache policy python-autopep8
python-autopep8:
  Installed: 0.9.1-2
  Candidate: 0.9.1-2
  Version table:
 *** 0.9.1-2 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

On a clean system:

ubuntu@ubuntu-xenial:~$ sudo apt-get install python-autopep8
[...]
The following additional packages will be installed:
  pep8 python3-pep8
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  pep8 python-autopep8 python3-pep8
[...]

ubuntu@ubuntu-xenial:~$ autopep8
[...]
pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'pep8>=1.4.5' distribution was not found and is required by autopep8

ubuntu@ubuntu-xenial:~$ sudo apt-get install python-pep8
[...]

ubuntu@ubuntu-xenial:~$ autopep8
Usage: autopep8 [options] [filename [filename ...]]
[...]

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package autopep8 - 0.9.1-2.1

---------------
autopep8 (0.9.1-2.1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Non-maintainer upload.
  * Bumped DH level to 10.
  * debian/control:
      - Added the python-pkg-resources to Depends field. Thanks to
        Sebastian Ramacher. (Closes: #843977)
      - Added the python-pep8 and removed the pep8 from Depends field.
        Thanks to Antonio Ospite and Merlijn van Deen.
        (Closes: #817860, LP: #1635192)
      - Bumped Standards-Version to 3.9.8.
  * debian/copyright: removed a duplicate 'Copyright' word.
  * debian/watch: created.

 -- Daniele Adriana Goulart Lopes <email address hidden> Wed, 14 Dec 2016 16:04:25 -0200

[Neil Wilson (neil-aldur)]

This doesn't appear to have hit the main archive. I'm still seeing 0.9.1-2 installed today on 16.04.2