Bug#953964: ITP: python-strictyaml -- Strict, typed YAML parser for Python

[Andrej Shadura <andrew@shadura.me>]

Hi James,

On Sun, 15 Mar 2020 at 09:36, Andrej Shadura <andrew@shadura.me> wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Mar 2020 at 06:47, James Tocknell <aragilar@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Package: wnpp
> > Severity: wishlist
> > Owner: James Tocknell <aragilar@gmail.com>
> >
> > * Package name    : python-strictyaml
> >   Version         : 1.0.6
> >   Upstream Author : Colm O'Connor <colm.oconnor.github@gmail.com>
> > * URL             : https://hitchdev.com/strictyaml/
> > * License         : MIT
> >   Programming Lang: Python
> >   Description     : Strict, typed YAML parser for Python
> >
> > StrictYAML is a type-safe YAML parser that parses and validates a restricted
> > subset of the YAML specification.
> >
> > Priorities:
> >  - Beautiful API
> >  - Refusing to parse the ugly, hard to read and insecure features of YAML like
> >    the Norway problem.
> >  - Strict validation of markup and straightforward type casting.
> >  - Clear, readable exceptions with code snippets and line numbers.
> >  - Acting as a near-drop in replacement for pyyaml, ruamel.yaml or poyo.
> >  - Ability to read in YAML, make changes and write it out again with comments
> >    preserved.
> >  - Not speed, currently.
>
> Feel free to prod me when you get the packaging ready for review and
> sponsorship.

How’s your progress on this? Please be aware
https://salsa.debian.org/philpep-guest/strictyaml exists, you may want
to take that and slightly update it.

-- 
Cheers,
  Andrej