/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeConfigParser.py is in python3-distupgrade 1:0.220.10.
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import sys
try:
    # >= 3.0
    from configparser import NoOptionError, NoSectionError
    if sys.version >= '3.2':
        from configparser import ConfigParser as SafeConfigParser
    else:
        from configparser import SafeConfigParser
except ImportError:
    # < 3.0
    from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser, NoOptionError, NoSectionError
import subprocess
import os.path
import logging
import glob
CONFIG_OVERRIDE_DIR =  "/etc/update-manager/release-upgrades.d"
class DistUpgradeConfig(SafeConfigParser):
    def __init__(self, datadir, name="DistUpgrade.cfg", 
                 override_dir=None, defaults_dir=None):
        SafeConfigParser.__init__(self)
        # we support a config overwrite, if DistUpgrade.cfg.dapper exists
        # and the user runs dapper, that one will be used
        from_release = subprocess.Popen(["lsb_release","-c","-s"],
                                        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                                        universal_newlines=True).communicate()[0].strip()
        self.datadir=datadir
        if os.path.exists(name+"."+from_release):
            name = name+"."+from_release
        maincfg = os.path.join(datadir,name)
        # defaults are read first
        self.config_files = []
        if defaults_dir:
            for cfg in glob.glob(defaults_dir+"/*.cfg"):
                self.config_files.append(cfg)
        # our config file
        self.config_files += [maincfg]
        # overrides are read later
        if override_dir is None:
            override_dir = CONFIG_OVERRIDE_DIR
        if override_dir is not None:
            for cfg in glob.glob(override_dir+"/*.cfg"):
                self.config_files.append(cfg)
        self.read(self.config_files)
    def getWithDefault(self, section, option, default):
        try:
            if type(default) == bool:
                return self.getboolean(section, option)
            elif type(default) == float:
                return self.getfloat(section, option)
            elif type(default) == int:
                return self.getint(section, option)
            return self.get(section, option)
        except (NoSectionError, NoOptionError):
            return default
    def getlist(self, section, option):
        try:
            tmp = self.get(section, option)
        except (NoSectionError,NoOptionError):
            return []
        items = [x.strip() for x in tmp.split(",")]
        return items
    def getListFromFile(self, section, option):
        try:
            filename = self.get(section, option)
        except NoOptionError:
            return []
        p = os.path.join(self.datadir,filename)
        if not os.path.exists(p):
            logging.error("getListFromFile: no '%s' found" % p)
        items = [x.strip() for x in open(p)]
        return [s for s in items if not s.startswith("#") and not s == ""]
if __name__ == "__main__":
    c = DistUpgradeConfig(".")
    print(c.getlist("Distro","MetaPkgs"))
    print(c.getlist("Distro","ForcedPurges"))
    print(c.getListFromFile("Sources","ValidMirrors"))
    print(c.getWithDefault("Distro","EnableApport", True))
    print(c.set("Distro","Foo", "False"))
    print(c.getWithDefault("Distro","Foo", True))
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