Hi Jochen and all,
I appreciate that Julian is quite busy. I'll leave him in CC just in
case he wants to follow up on this and share his thoughts.
As I mentioned on the #debian-python, I had a look at the loosening of
the dependency (to allow python-lsp-server >=1.12.0,<1.14.0). I'm
writing to give further details.
Manual test of the loosened spyder version + pylsp 1.13.2
After building and installing the patched version of spyder (see
attached), I tested it by writing some python code and for what I can
tell pylsp is doing its job normally.
I have to disclose that I have never used spyder before, so it would be
good to have some experienced spyder user to help validating that
everything looks alright. The packages have been uploaded to mentors
[1][2].
About the possible API changes
As our current version of python-lsp-server since trixie is 1.12.0,
I've decided to check spyder's upstream commits that bumped python-lsp-
server up to 1.13.0. We have [3] and [4], both they contain only the
versions bumps and no additional source code changes. This is not
enough as prove that there's not API change in python-lsp-server.
Next I checked the python-lsp-server's upstream history to check all
PRs in between 1.12.2 and 1.13.0 [5], where we could expect API
changes. The relevant changes are:
* 650 touches signatures but just the type annotation styles,
no public API changes
* 645 contains public API additions
* 631 exposes new configurations, but no other public API
change
* All the remaining PRs contains no API changes: 656, 646,
641, 639, 633 and 628
The full list of merged PRs for 1.13.0 can be checked in [6].
About spyder-unittest + patched spyder + pyslp 1.13.2
tchet, on #debian-python, pointed out that spyder-unittest should work
with both versions. I got the debian sources and run the tests, got 1
failure against the patched versions (see logs attached). I uninstalled
them (both pylsp and {python3-}spyder) and installed the versions from
the official repositories. The tests re-run got exactly the same
failure. I consider this test failure not related to the upgrade of
python-lsp-server.
Conclusion
Based on the information above I believe it is viable to ship the patch
to spyder loosening the versions for python-lsp-server.
Please let me know your thoughts about this.
1. https://mentors.debian.net/package/spyder/
2. https://mentors.debian.net/package/python-lsp-server/
3. https://github.com/spyder-ide/spyder/commit/3a670e0e32
4. https://github.com/spyder-ide/spyder/commit/77468c7a7d
5.
https://github.com/python-lsp/python-lsp-server/compare/v1.12.2...v1.13.0
6.
https://github.com/python-lsp/python-lsp-server/commit/8c96441745876a104554450d779a3d01ac4e76dd
From 9b7e68847ca24e24dc7b5ea9e71b7d017869cf7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aeliton Silva <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 15:15:40 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Soften python-lsp-server version
---
debian/control | 4 +-
...009-Soften-python-lsp-server-version.patch | 72 +++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 debian/patches/0009-Soften-python-lsp-server-version.patch
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index fba7382..2a6eee9 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
python3-pygments,
python3-pylint-venv (>= 3.0.2),
python3-pyls-spyder (>= 0.4.0),
- python3-pylsp (<< 1.13~),
+ python3-pylsp (<< 1.14~),
python3-pylsp (>= 1.12.0),
python3-pylsp-black (<< 3.0.0~),
python3-pylsp-black (>= 2.0.0),
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ Depends: fzf,
python3-parso (>= 0.7.0),
python3-pycodestyle,
python3-pydocstyle (>= 6.2.3),
- python3-pylsp (<< 1.13~),
+ python3-pylsp (<< 1.14~),
python3-pylsp (>= 1.12.0),
python3-pylsp-black (<< 3.0.0~),
python3-pylsp-black (>= 2.0.0),
diff --git a/debian/patches/0009-Soften-python-lsp-server-version.patch b/debian/patches/0009-Soften-python-lsp-server-version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f747b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/0009-Soften-python-lsp-server-version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+From: Aeliton Silva <[email protected]>
+Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 15:14:38 -0300
+Subject: Soften python-lsp-server version
+
+---
+ binder/environment.yml | 2 +-
+ requirements/main.yml | 2 +-
+ setup.py | 4 ++--
+ spyder/dependencies.py | 2 +-
+ 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/binder/environment.yml b/binder/environment.yml
+index 9978364..9ace09e 100644
+--- a/binder/environment.yml
++++ b/binder/environment.yml
+@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ dependencies:
+ - pyqt >=5.15,<5.16
+ - pyqtwebengine >=5.15,<5.16
+ - python-lsp-black >=2.0.0,<3.0.0
+-- python-lsp-server >=1.12.0,<1.13.0
++- python-lsp-server >=1.12.0,<1.14.0
+ - pyuca >=1.2
+ - pyxdg >=0.26
+ - pyzmq >=24.0.0
+diff --git a/requirements/main.yml b/requirements/main.yml
+index d5d0d42..0e6ca69 100644
+--- a/requirements/main.yml
++++ b/requirements/main.yml
+@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ dependencies:
+ - pyqt >=5.15,<5.16
+ - pyqtwebengine >=5.15,<5.16
+ - python-lsp-black >=2.0.0,<3.0.0
+- - python-lsp-server >=1.12.0,<1.13.0
++ - python-lsp-server >=1.12.0,<1.14.0
+ - pyuca >=1.2
+ - pyzmq >=24.0.0
+ - qdarkstyle >=3.2.0,<3.3.0
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index cc85242..85f0ef2 100644
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ install_requires += [
+ 'pylint-venv>=3.0.2',
+ 'pyls-spyder>=0.4.0',
+ 'python-lsp-black>=2.0.0,<3.0.0',
+- 'python-lsp-server[all]>=1.12.0,<1.13.0',
++ 'python-lsp-server[all]>=1.12.0,<1.14.0',
+ 'pyuca>=1.2',
+ 'pyxdg>=0.26;platform_system=="Linux"',
+ 'pyzmq>=24.0.0',
+@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ if 'dev' in __version__:
+ install_requires = [req for req in install_requires
+ if req.split(">")[0] not in reqs_to_loosen]
+
+- install_requires.append('python-lsp-server[all]>=1.12.0,<1.14.0')
++ install_requires.append('python-lsp-server[all]>=1.12.0,<1.15.0')
+ install_requires.append('qtconsole>=5.5.1,<5.7.0')
+
+ extras_require = {
+diff --git a/spyder/dependencies.py b/spyder/dependencies.py
+index 30820de..56d6b6c 100644
+--- a/spyder/dependencies.py
++++ b/spyder/dependencies.py
+@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ PYGITHUB_REQVER = '>=2.3.0'
+ PYGMENTS_REQVER = '>=2.0'
+ PYLINT_REQVER = '>=3.1,<4'
+ PYLINT_VENV_REQVER = '>=3.0.2'
+-PYLSP_REQVER = '>=1.12.0,<1.13.0'
++PYLSP_REQVER = '>=1.12.0,<1.14.0'
+ PYLSP_BLACK_REQVER = '>=2.0.0,<3.0.0'
+ PYLS_SPYDER_REQVER = '>=0.4.0'
+ PYUCA_REQVER = '>=1.2'
--
2.51.0
➜ spyder-unittest git:(master) ✗ pytest spyder_unittest/tests
===============================================================================================
test session starts
================================================================================================
platform linux -- Python 3.13.9, pytest-8.4.2, pluggy-1.6.0
PyQt5 5.15.11 -- Qt runtime 5.15.17 -- Qt compiled 5.15.17
rootdir: /home/aeliton/git/debian/spyder-unittest
configfile: pytest.ini
plugins: flaky-3.8.1, qt-4.4.0, typeguard-4.4.4
collected 5 items
spyder_unittest/tests/test_unittestplugin.py .F...
[100%]
=====================================================================================================
FAILURES
=====================================================================================================
______________________________________________________________________________________________
test_pythonpath_change
______________________________________________________________________________________________
main_window = <spyder.app.mainwindow.MainWindow object at 0x7f75783b47a0>
def test_pythonpath_change(main_window):
"""
Test that pythonpath changes in Spyder propagate to UnitTestWidget.
"""
ppm = main_window.get_plugin(Plugins.PythonpathManager)
unittest_plugin = main_window.get_plugin(UnitTestPlugin.NAME)
new_path = '/some/path'
new_path_dict = OrderedDict([(new_path, True)])
> ppm.get_container()._save_paths(user_paths=new_path_dict)
E TypeError: PythonpathContainer._save_paths() got an unexpected keyword
argument 'user_paths'
/home/aeliton/git/debian/spyder-unittest/spyder_unittest/tests/test_unittestplugin.py:65:
TypeError
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Captured Qt messages
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
QtWarningMsg: Attribute Qt::AA_UseSoftwareOpenGL must be set before
QCoreApplication is created.
QtWarningMsg: Scenegraph already initialized, setBackend() request ignored
=================================================================================================
warnings summary
=================================================================================================
../../../../../usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/spyder/config/base.py:441
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/spyder/config/base.py:441: DeprecationWarning:
'locale.getdefaultlocale' is deprecated and slated for removal in Python 3.15.
Use setlocale(), getencoding() and getlocale() instead.
locale_language = locale.getdefaultlocale()[0]
spyder_unittest/tests/test_unittestplugin.py::test_menu_item
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/jupyter_client/connect.py:22:
DeprecationWarning: Jupyter is migrating its paths to use standard platformdirs
given by the platformdirs library. To remove this warning and
see the appropriate new directories, set the environment variable
`JUPYTER_PLATFORM_DIRS=1` and then run `jupyter --paths`.
The use of platformdirs will be the default in `jupyter_core` v6
from jupyter_core.paths import jupyter_data_dir, jupyter_runtime_dir,
secure_write
-- Docs: https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/how-to/capture-warnings.html
=============================================================================================
short test summary info
==============================================================================================
FAILED spyder_unittest/tests/test_unittestplugin.py::test_pythonpath_change -
TypeError: PythonpathContainer._save_paths() got an unexpected keyword argument
'user_paths'
=====================================================================================
1 failed, 4 passed, 2 warnings in 45.83s
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