Bug#818987: ITP: zbase32 -- Human-oriented encoding for binary data

[Ivan Udovichenko <iudovichenko@mirantis.com>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Ivan Udovichenko <iudovichenko@mirantis.com>

* Package name    : zbase32
  Version         : 0.0~git20150911.0.03389da-1
  Upstream Author : Tv
* URL             : https://github.com/tv42/zbase32
* License         : MIT
  Programming Lang: Go
  Description     : Human-oriented encoding for binary data

 zbase32 implements the z-base-32 encoding.
 .
 The rationale for the encoding is to represent arbitrary sequences
 of octets in a form that is as convenient as possible for human users
 to manipulate. 30-octet cryptographic values are encoded into URIs
 for humans to manipulate.  Anticipated uses of these URIs include
 cut-and-paste, text editing (e.g. in HTML files), manual transcription
 via a keyboard, manual transcription via pen-and-paper, vocal
 transcription over phone or radio, etc.
 .
 The desiderata for such an encoding are:
 .
 * minimizing transcription errors -- e.g. the well-known problem of
   confusing `0' with `O'
 * embedding into other structures -- e.g. search engines, structured
   or marked-up text, file systems, command shells
 * brevity -- Shorter URLs are better than longer ones.
 * ergonomics -- Human users (especially non-technical ones) should
   find the URIs as easy and pleasant as possible. The uglier the URI
   looks, the worse.
 .
 Package includes module and simple command-line utilities for
 encoding/decoding data.