Bug#786898: ITP: django-compat -- "For- and backwards compatibility layer for Django 1.4.x to 1.8.x"

[Senthil Kumaran S <stylesen@gmail.com>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Senthil Kumaran S <stylesen@gmail.com>

* Package name    : django-compat
  Version         : 1.0.6
  Upstream Author : Philippe O. Wagner <wagner@arteria.ch>
                    Yannik Ammann <ammann@arteria.ch>
* URL             : https://github.com/arteria/django-compat
* License         : MIT
  Programming Lang: Python
  Description     : "For- and backwards compatibility layer for Django 1.4.x to 1.8.x"

This module provides a backwards compatibility layer for Django versions which
helps in the following:
1. Be able to use the LTS versions of Django and support newer versions in
   your app
2. Use features from newer Django versions in an old one
3. Manage and master the gap between different framework versions

I am one of the upstream maintainers of lava-server and
lava-dispatcher projects available in Debian. We are introducing a
mechanism in lava-server where a superuser can switch user accounts,
which requires django-hijack
(https://pypi.python.org/pypi/django-hijack). django-hijack, has a
dependency on django-compat
(https://pypi.python.org/pypi/django-compat). Hence I would like to
package the latest version (1.0.6) of django-compat. Will open a
separate ITP for packaging django-hijack. I would like to maintain
this package along with the "Debian LAVA team" members, who already
agree the need for django-hijack package in Debian.