Package: git-buildpackage
Version: 0.9.30

When trying to bootstrap a git repository with the snapshotted uploads
of nitpick using 'gbp import-dscs', this fail with the following error:

File Imakefile is read-only; trying to patch anyway
File XPICsim is read-only; trying to patch anyway
File pu_defs.h is read-only; trying to patch anyway
File pu_lib.c is read-only; trying to patch anyway
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/gbp", line 149, in <module>
sys.exit(supercommand())
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/bin/gbp", line 145, in supercommand
return module.main(args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gbp/scripts/import_dscs.py", line 180, in main
if importer.importdsc(dscs[0]):
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gbp/scripts/import_dscs.py", line 72, in importdsc
return import_dsc.main(['import-dsc'] + self.args + [dsc.dscfile])
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gbp/scripts/import_dsc.py", line 531, in main
apply_debian_patch(repo, sources[0], dsc, commit, options)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gbp/scripts/import_dsc.py", line 175, in apply_debian_patch
author = get_author_from_changelog(source.unpacked)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gbp/scripts/import_dsc.py", line 116, in get_author_from_changelog
date = rfc822_date_to_git(dch.date, fuzzy=True)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gbp/git/__init__.py", line 44, in rfc822_date_to_git
d = dateutil.parser.parse(rfc822_date, fuzzy=fuzzy)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dateutil/parser/_parser.py", line 1368, in parse
return DEFAULTPARSER.parse(timestr, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dateutil/parser/_parser.py", line 640, in parse
res, skipped_tokens = self._parse(timestr, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dateutil/parser/_parser.py", line 719, in _parse
l = _timelex.split(timestr) # Splits the timestr into tokens
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dateutil/parser/_parser.py", line 201, in split
return list(cls(s))
^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dateutil/parser/_parser.py", line 69, in __init__
raise TypeError('Parser must be a string or character stream, not ' TypeError: Parser must be a string or character stream, not NoneType


A simple way to reproduce it is to download the nitpic_0.1-1.dsc source
package and try to import it into a fresh 'git init' directory like
this:

gbp import-dsc --pristine-tar ../nitpic_0.1-1.dsc

I suspect the problem is the d/changelog entry:

nitpic (0.1-1) unstable; urgency=low

* Initial release.

-- <klee@debian.org> Fri, 7 Feb 1997 00:02:50 -0500

Perhaps it is unable to handle no name in front of the mail address?

--
Happy hacking
Petter Reinholdtsen

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