Bug#995385: ITP: python-pip-api -- Unofficial API for Python pip

[Sandro Tosi <morph@debian.org>]

> * Package name    : python-pip-api
>   Version         : 0.0.22
> * URL             : https://github.com/di/pip-api
> * License         : Apache-2.0
>   Programming Lang: Python
>   Description     : Unofficial API for Python pip
>
> Copied from readme:
>
> This project attempts to provide an importable pip API, which is fully
> compliant with the recommended method of using pip from your program.
>
> This is a dependency of fontbakery (#932568), and this package should be
> maintained under Debian Python Team.

what's the need to have this package? is fontbakery going to try and
use this API to install packages? just because it's a dependency
doesnt mean we need to package it for Debian (for example, it could be
patched out)

Thanks,
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