Bug#784370: ITP: jsqsh -- Console based database query tool, featuring command line editing, piping of output to other programs, and much much more.

[Scott Wakeling <scott@diskfish.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Scott Wakeling <scott@diskfish.org>

* Package name    : jsqsh
  Version         : 2.1.1
  Upstream Author : Scott Gray <scottgray1@gmail.com>
* URL             : https://github.com/scgray/jsqsh
* License         : Apache 2.0
  Programming Lang: Java
  Description     : Console based database query tool, featuring command line editing, piping of output to other programs, and much much more.

JSqsh (pronounced jay-skwish) is short for Java SQl Shell, a
console based tool that allows the ability to query a database
with functionality of your typical shell, such as command line
editing, tab completion, variable expansion, redirection of
output to files, or the ability to pipe the output of the
query execution to an external program (grep, more, etc.).

I was introduced to JSqsh at work around four years ago, and
have been using and recommending it ever since. I've tried
various other SQL clients in that time, graphical and
otherwise, and never found anything as extensible or universal
as JSqsh. There's nothing in Debian today (I'm aware of) that
offers the same power and flexibility.

JSqsh is actively developed and maintained upstream, and its
author, Scott Gray, is helpful, responsive, and also keen to
see JSqsh in Debian.

I see myself using JSqsh on a daily basis for years to come,
and am happy to commit to maintaining it in Debian for just as
long. As a new contributor I am in the process of learning
packaging, but I am familiar with the JSqsh source. I have
JSqsh packaged locally with only some finishing touches to
make before filing an RFS, if this ITP meets no opposition.