Bug#992027: ITP: openqa-client -- Python API to access openQA server

[Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com>]

Hi Philip,

On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 10:39 PM Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> wrote:
>
> Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Package: wnpp
> > Severity: wishlist
> > Owner: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com>
> > X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com, Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
> >
> > * Package name    : openqa-client
> >   Version         : 4.1.2
> > * URL             : https://github.com/os-autoinst/openQA-python-client
> > * License         : GPL-2.0
> >   Programming Lang: Python
> >   Description     : Python API to access openQA server
> >

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> >
> > Added Cc to Philip Hands also and if he is planning to add Python API
> > as part of his implementation then I can close this and wait for him.
>
> At present my packaging of openqa (which I hope to get into a state fit
> to upload very soon -- a few lintian warnings need addressing) already
> produces a package called openqa-client, which includes the scripts such
> as openqa-cli and openqa-client.
>
> BTW You can see the current state of play here:
>
>   https://salsa.debian.org/philh/openqa

Yes, I have seen that. Please do let me know if you need any help with
that. Though I have zero perl knowledge. :(

>
> The openqa-client script is obsolescent, so renaming that package to
> be openqa-cli would make sense anyway, since that is the script to use
> these days, but I think calling what seems to be a python library simply
> 'openqa-client' would be a bit confusing.

Yes, I agree.

>
> Wouldn't it make sense to put a 'python' in the package name?

Will rename this to python-openqa-client.

>
> I'm not really a python programmer, so probably not the person to
> package this, but would be pleased to see it available in Debian, and am
> very happy help where I can.

And I started using the python client after seeing that the
openqa-client is based on perl. :)
Dont worry, I can package it and maintain it under the umbrella of
Debian Python team.

Thanks for your work in packaging openqa and for openqa.debian.net.

Regards
Sudip