Bug#950903: ITP: liburing -- Linux kernel io_uring access library

[Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>]

Hi!

On Sat, 2020-02-08 at 01:01:01 +0100, Guillem Jover wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
> 
> * Package name    : liburing
>   Version         : 0.4
>   Upstream Author : Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
> * URL             : https://git.kernel.dk/cgit/liburing/
> * License         : LGPL and MIT/X
>   Programming Lang: C
>   Description     : Linux kernel io_uring access library
> 
>  liburing provides helpers to setup and teardown io_uring instances,
>  and also a simplified interface for applications that don't need (or
>  want) to deal with the full kernel side implementation.
> 
> 
> The liburing library is supposed so supercede the libaio library which
> I maintain too, so it makes sense to handle both. :)

The packaging is ready, but there were some issues that needed fixed
upstream. The blocking one is about getting the licensing situation
clarified:

  <https://github.com/axboe/liburing/pull/104>

Once that's solved, I'll upload.

Thanks,
Guillem