Bug#991786: ITP: python-billard -- fork of the Python 2.7 multiprocessing package

[Steffen Moeller <moeller@debian.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

Subject: ITP: python-billard -- fork of the Python 2.7 multiprocessing package
Package: wnpp
Owner: Steffen Moeller <moeller@debian.org>
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : python-billard
  Version         : 3.6.4.0
  Upstream Author : , R Oudkerk and Contributors
* URL             : https://github.com/celery/billiard
* License         : License: 
  Programming Lang: Python
  Description     : fork of the Python 2.7 multiprocessing package
 The multiprocessing package billard is a renamed and updated version
 of R Oudkerk's pyprocessing package. This standalone variant draws its
 fixes/improvements from python-trunk and provides additional bug fixes
 and improvements.
 .
 Also, it is a fork of the multiprocessing backport package by Christian
 Heims.  It includes the no-execv patch contributed by R. Oudkerk.
 And the Pool improvements previously located in Celery.  Billiard is used
 in and is a dependency for Celery and is maintained by the Celery team.

Remark: This package is maintained by Steffen Moeller at
   https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/packages/python-billard