Bug#704594: ITP: python-arpy -- library for accessing the archive files and reading the contents

[Christoph Egger <christoph@debian.org>]

Hi!

Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de> writes:
> So I ask you to delay uploading arpy to Debian until upstream has
> fixed their API to support streaming reads.

  So what do you suggest as a solution for an debian-independent ar
module *right* *now*? I don't care specifically about arpy or whatever
else as long as it can a) handle compressed ar-s and b) is
vendor-neutral. arpy seems to provide both and I am currently not aware
of any (reasonable) alternatives.

Regards

    Christoph