Bug#854024: ITP: python-perf -- Toolkit to run Python benchmarks

[gustavo panizzo <gfa@debian.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: gustavo panizzo <gfa@debian.org>

* Package name    : python-perf
  Version         : 0.9.3
  Upstream Author : Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com>
* URL             : http://perf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
* License         : MIT/X
  Programming Lang: Python
  Description     : Toolkit to run Python benchmarks

The Python perf module is a toolkit to write, run, analyze and modify benchmarks.

Features:

-    JSON format to store benchmark results
-    pyperf (or python3 -m perf) command line tool to display, compare, analyze and modify benchmark results
-    Statistical tools to analyze the distribution of benchmark results
-    compare command supports comparison between multiple benchmark suites (made of multiple benchmarks)
-    timeit command for quick but reliable Python microbenchmarks

python-perf is a dependency of tuned.

I'll maintain this package under collab-main, using git