Bug#837336: RFP: gawkextlib -- Dynamically loaded extension libraries for GNU Awk

[Eric Nystrom <eric@landnystrom.com>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : gawkextlib
  Version         : 1.0.2
  Upstream Author : Andrew Schorr with Jürgen Kahrs
* URL             : https://sourceforge.net/projects/gawkextlib/
* License         : GPLv2
  Programming Lang: C
  Description     : Dynamically loaded extension libraries for GNU Awk

The gawkextlib project provides several extension libraries for gawk (GNU
AWK), as well as libgawkextlib containing some APIs that are useful for
building gawk extension libraries.  These libraries enable gawk to process
XML data, interact with a PostgreSQL database, use the GD graphics library,
and perform unlimited precision MPFR calculations.  This also includes a
framework for packaging gawk extensions, and welcome further contributions. 
Recent additions include haru, redis, and select for I/O multiplexing.

This package would be very useful to anyone who wants to use the speed and
ease of gawk to analyze data in more complicated formats, such as XML or
Postgres databases. I would personally be very interested to use it.