[pkg] Tidy substvars usage in control file
The documentation package was missing a Built-Using field to record
the provenance of the templates.
Empty packages or meta packages do not require Depends on a specific
Python version, so we can remove the relevant substvars.
[pkg] Specify priority “optional” instead of the obsolete “extra”
Quoting Lintian, “Since Debian Policy version 4.0.1, the priority extra
has been deprecated.” So let's use “optional” instead.