debian/changelog

+python-cogent (1.9-14) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Enable building with sphinx1.8
+    Closes: #918829
+  * Drop Thorsten Alteholz <debian@alteholz.de> since no commits since
+    more than five years - thanks for your previous work Thorsten
+  * Standards-Version: 4.3.0
+  * rename debian/tests/control.autodep8 to debian/tests/control
+
+ -- Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>  Thu, 10 Jan 2019 15:21:15 +0100
+
 python-cogent (1.9-13) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Ignore test with matplotlib 2.2.3 where a warning message is different

debian/control

 Source: python-cogent
 Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team <debian-med-packaging@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Steffen Moeller <moeller@debian.org>,
-           Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>,
-           Thorsten Alteholz <debian@alteholz.de>
+           Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
 Section: python
 Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-python
 Priority: optional
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11~),
                raxml [any-amd64 any-i386],
                rdp-classifier,
                rtax
-Standards-Version: 4.2.1
+Standards-Version: 4.3.0
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/med-team/python-cogent
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/med-team/python-cogent.git
 Homepage: http://pycogent.org/

debian/patches/series

@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ numpy_xor.patch
 numpy-doctests.patch
 privacy.patch
 matplotlib-2.2.3.patch
+sphinx.ext.pngmath.patch

debian/patches/sphinx.ext.pngmath.patch

+Description: Enable building with sphinx1.8
+Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/918829
+Author: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
+Last-Changed: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 14:56:55 +0100
+
+--- a/doc/conf.py
++++ b/doc/conf.py
+@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import sys, os
+ 
+ # Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be extensions
+ # coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom ones.
+-extensions = ['sphinx.ext.todo', 'sphinx.ext.doctest', 'sphinx.ext.pngmath']
++extensions = ['sphinx.ext.todo', 'sphinx.ext.doctest', 'sphinx.ext.imgmath']
+ 
+ # todo_include_todos=True # to expose the TODOs, uncomment this line
+