Bug#234206: RFP: python-readyexec -- system to pre-load Python programs

[Grant Bowman <grantbow@svpal.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : python-readyexec
  Version         : 0.4.0
  Upstream Author : Frank J. Tobin <ftobin@users.sf.net>
* URL             : http://readyexec.sf.net/
* License         : LGPL
  Description     : system to pre-load Python programs

        ReadyExec is a client-server system designed to alleviate the
        problem of high-startup-costing applications which are run
        repeatedly (e.g., in procmail) and use their args, environment,
        stdio files and exit code to interact can be used within ReadyExec
        with very little work.

Keywords: client server preload
Platform: POSIX

There are only 19 files in here total, a very simple system. The setup
as client and server components (including security concerns, etc) might
take a bit of configuration for a new packager.

The reason I'm interested in this is because pyzor will function much
more efficiently (loading only once) as described above.  SpamAssassin's
execution time is supposed to decrease with a similar type system
(spamc) from x (called directly from procmail) to 1/2 x - 1/5 x for each
email processed.

Pyzor is a collaborative, networked system to detect and block spam
using identifying digests of messages.  I'm taking the liberty of
copying the upstream author and the Pyzor package maintainer on this.

Follow-up information should be submitted to the bug number (similar to
234xxx, whatever gets assigned) in the form 234xxx@bugs.debian.org.  It
can also be viewed or referenced in an upstream readme via
http://bugs.debian.org/234xxx

Regards,

-- 
-- Grant Bowman                                <grantbow@svpal.org>


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux sarge 2.4.24-1-k6 #1 Wed Feb 4 22:36:52 EST 2004 i586
Locale: LANG=en, LC_CTYPE=en (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US)