Bug#547651: RFP: python-xklavier -- Python bindings for libxklavier

[Sascha Silbe <sascha-debian-bugs-python-xklavier-1@silbe.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist


* Package name    : python-xklavier
  Version         : 0.2
  Upstream Author : Sayamindu Dasgupta <sayamindu@gmail.com>
* URL             : http://download.sugarlabs.org/sources/external/python-xklavier/
* License         : LGPLv2+
  Programming Lang: Python, C
  Description     : Python bindings for libxklavier

Python bindings for libxklavier which is a library providing
high-level API for X Keyboard Extension known as XKB.



This package doesn't have a dedicated home page. You can find the first release announcement at [1], the package sources at [2] and the Fedora spec file at [3].
libxklavier is already packaged for Debian, but needs to be upgraded to 4.0 first (filed Bug #547645 [4] for that).

python-xklavier is used for the keyboard control panel in Sugar 0.86.


[1] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2009-August/018480.html
[2] http://download.sugarlabs.org/sources/external/python-xklavier/
[3] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/python-xklavier
[4] http://bugs.debian.org/547645