Bug#872183: RFP: importmagic -- Python library for finding unresolved symbols and managing imports

[Nicholas D Steeves <nsteeves@gmail.com>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : importmagic
  Version         : 0.1.7
  Upstream Author : Alec Thomas <alec@swapoff.org>
* URL             : https://github.com/alecthomas/importmagic
* License         : BSD-2-Clause
  Programming Lang: Python
  Description     : Python library for finding unresolved symbols and corresponding imports

The goal of this package is to be able to automatically manage imports in Python. To that end it can:
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 * Build an index of all known symbols in all packages.
 * Find unresolved references in source, and resolve them against the index, effectively automating imports.
 * Automatically arrange imports according to PEP8.
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It was originally written for the Sublime Text 2 Python Import Magic plugin.

I became aware of importmagic while investigating the dependencies for Bug#861174.  I believe it would be a valuable addition to Debian because it facilitates migration from Sublime Text to a free software IDE.  Additionally it sounds like it would be very convenient for Python programmers!

Unfortunately I am not qualified to maintain it, and hope that someone on the Python Modules Team would be willing to care care of importmagic.

Importmagic should have an "Enhances: elpa-elpy" added at some point after elpa-elpy is uploaded.  If replying from debian-python@lists.debian.org please take care to insure this bug is in the recipients list.

Sincerely,
Nicholas