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Bug#781984: ITP: libnacl -- ctypes wrapper for libsodium



On Sun, 05 Apr 2015 22:12:02 +0200 David Douard <david.douard@logilab.fr> wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: David Douard <david.douard@logilab.fr>
> 
> * Package name    : libnacl
>   Version         : 1.4.2
>   Upstream Author : Thomas S Hatch <thatch@saltstack.com>
> * URL             : https://libnacl.readthedocs.org/
> * License         : Apache 2.0
>   Programming Lang: Python
>   Description     : ctypes wrapper for libsodium
> 
> This library is used to gain direct access to the functions exposed by
> Daniel J. Bernstein's nacl library via libsodium or tweetnacl. It has
> been constructed to maintain extensive documentation on how to use nacl
> as well as being completely portable.
> 
> This package is a dependency for raet, the new transport layer for salt.

Would you consider including a brief note in the final package
description saying "This library is unrelated to Native Client (NaCl),
the sandbox used in Chromium."?  I've seen that particular confusion
arise several times, particularly since people often want a library
version of the Chromium NaCl sandbox.

Thanks,
Josh Triplett


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