> The typing module was added to the standard library in Python 3.5 on a > provisional basis and will no longer be provisional in Python 3.7. However, > this means users of Python 3.5 - 3.6 who are unable to upgrade will not be > able to take advantage of new types added to the typing module, such as > typing.Text or typing.Coroutine.
we will remove 3.6 from Debian soon, is it worth packaging it? or are you targetting backports?