Re: RFS: twistar (Was: Request to join)

[Jan-Pascal van Best <janpascal@vanbest.org>]

I've packaged Twitter already, but I'm in need of a sponsor since I'm a DM only. 

I've uploaded the twistar packaging to Alioth,
it's at
git+ssh://git.debian.org/git/python-modules/packages/twistar.git. I've
used the default git-dpm branch names (master, upstream and
pristine-tar). I noticed there is some discussion on this list on branch
names, but I've followed the now-official
https://wiki.debian.org/Python/GitPackaging.

The module is Python 2 only. Upstream doesn't support Python 3, and
since twisted (the major dependency of twistar) is Python 2-only in
Debian (AFAIK), it wouldn't make much sense anyway.

The package builds correctly with pbuilder in a clean sid chroot,
without lintian errors (some pedantic and experimental comments).

I'd appreciate if one of the more experienced developers from the team
would take a look at the package and I look forward to your comments,
and to working togethers to get this package and (later) the denyhosts
synchronisation server into Debian.

Cheers

Jan-Pascal

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>From the ITP:

* Package name : python-twistar
Version : 1.3
Upstream Author : Brian Muller <bamuller@gmail.com>
* URL : http://findingscience.com/twistar/
* License : MIT, BSD-derived
Programming Lang: Python
Description : Python ORM library for the Twisted framework


Twistar is a Python implementation of the active record pattern (also
known as
an object-relational mapper or ORM) that uses the Twisted framework’s RDBMS
support to provide a non-blocking interface to relational databases.

Twistar is a dependency for denyhosts-server, see its ITP, bug #800630

Barry Warsaw <barry@debian.org> schreef op 4 januari 2016 15:57:27 CET:

On Jan 04, 2016, at 04:41 AM, Giovanni Pellerano wrote:

i was reading https://lists.debian.org/debian-python/2015/10/msg00267.html
while working on GlobaLeaks (https://github.com/globaleaks/GlobaLeaks)
and evaluate it's adoption as replacement for python-storm that
appears not to be an abandoned software :(

I don't know anything about twistar, but I do think Storm is effectively
abandoned.  I'm not sure twistar is in better shape, given that the last PyPI
release is 2013, although there are a few commits to upstream's GitHub in
2015.

I think SQLAlchemy or SQLObject are generally considered best-in-breed of the
Python ORMs.  (FWIW, GNU
Mailman 3 core is Python 3 and was ported to SA last
year.)

I would support the packaging of twistar for debian; is there stil
lthe possibility if packaged readly to have it in the upcoming debian
stretch/ubuntu xenial?

I can't say whether it's worth it or not, but yes, there is probably time to
package it up and get it through NEW for stretch and xenial, if you can find a
sponsor (I'm not volunteering ;).

Cheers,
-Barry

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