Bug#888481: RFP: python-zarr -- chunked, compressed, N-dimensional arrays for Python

[Ghislain Antony Vaillant <ghisvail@gmail.com>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : python-zarr
  Version         : 2.1.4
  Upstream Author : Alistair Miles <alimanfoo@googlemail.com>
* URL             : https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr
* License         : Expat
  Programming Lang: Python
  Description     : chunked, compressed, N-dimensional arrays for Python

Long-Description:
 Zarr is a Python package providing an implementation of chunked,
 compressed, N-dimensional arrays. Some highlights:
 .
   - Create N-dimensional arrays with any NumPy dtype.
   - Chunk arrays along any dimension.
   - Compress chunks using the fast Blosc meta-compressor or
     alternatively using zlib, BZ2 or LZMA.
   - Store arrays in memory, on disk, inside a Zip file, on S3, ...
   - Read an array concurrently from multiple threads or processes.
   - Write to an array concurrently from multiple threads or processes.
   - Organize arrays into hierarchies via groups.
   - Use filters to preprocess data and improve compression.

This package is a new supported backend for src:python-xarray. It should
probably be team-maintained within the Debian Science Team alongside
src:python-xarray.