Bug#1076711: RFP: mda-xdrlib -- a stand-alone XDRLIB module
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
X-Debbugs-Cc: Debichem Team <debichem-devel@alioth-lists.debian.net>, Debian Science List <debian-science@lists.debian.org>, debian-python@lists.debian.org
* Package name : mda-xdrlib
Version : 0.2.0
Upstream Contact: Irfan Alibay
* URL : https://github.com/MDAnalysis/mda-xdrlib
* License : PSF License Version 2
Programming Lang: Python
Description : a stand-alone XDRLIB module
The xdrlib package has historically been a feature of the core python
library. However, as of Python 3.11, the module was deemed to no
longer be widely used and has been deprecated, with a target removal
version of Python 3.13.
Several of the MDAnalysis projects rely on the xdrlib module for their
functionality, specifically for parsing GROMACS TPR and EDR files. To
avoid a need to vendor in the xdrlib functionality in multiple
projects, we take the approach of creating this stand-alone module
which contains the python 3.10.8 xdrlib code and its relevant tests.
mda-xdrlib is required by mdanalyis 2.7.0.
mdanalyis is managed by the Debichem team, so debichem is a possible
team home for mda-xdrlib.
It conceivable that other projects might want to use the library, so a
more general team, Debian Science or even Debian Python, could be
considered for team maintenance.
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