Bug#1088850: ITP: releng-tool -- Tool to tailor the building of packages

[git@jdknight.me]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: git@jdknight.me
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org

* Package name    : releng-tool
  Version         : 1.4.0
  Upstream Contact: James Knight <git@jdknight.me>
* URL             : https://releng.io/
* License         : BSD-2-Clause
  Programming Lang: Python
  Description     : Tool to tailor the building of packages

releng-tool aims to provide a way for developers to tailor
the building of multiple software components to help prepare
packages for desired runtime environments (e.g. cross-platform
portable packages, embedded targets, etc.). When building a
package, assets may be located in multiple locations and may
require various methods to extract, build and more. releng-tool
allows developers to define a set of packages, specifying where
resources should be fetched from, how packages should be
extracted and the processes for patching, configuring, building
and installing each package for a target sysroot.

It would be nice to have this tool available in Debian for an
easy install with shell completion support. I use the tool
myself to help build software packages for embedded Linux
images generated by Buildroot.

I plan to maintain this package. Long time Debian user, first
time packager; so still trying to familiarize myself with the
process. From my understanding, this package may be best suited
under DPT unless someone informs me otherwise. Will need a
sponsor, if anyone is willing.