[Reportbug-maint] Bug#508812: Reusing python-btsutils for bts-link

[Stefano Zacchiroli]

On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 10:46:22AM -0300, Gustavo R. Montesino wrote:
> Some time ago I have talked to Stefano Zacchiroli (python-debian),
> Bastian Ventur (reportbug-ng) and Sandro Tossi (reportbug) about the
> possibility of creating an "official" python bts access API to be
> integrated to the Debian Bundle/python-debian. Unfortunately this
> hasn't progressed since them, but I think it would be the way to go.

Well, to be fair, I was waiting for an action on your side :) The last
I remember was that you wanted to do some code cleanup _before_
attempting an integration as a sub-module into python-debian, which
was what I initially proposed when I got in touch in you.  But that
not really relevant, it is also very well possible that we
misunderstood each other :)

If you are ready to integrate the code now, you are still welcome!

> I believe the first step would be to get an overall architecture design
> plan, and likely from there the best is to start a new codebase, taking
> the useful bits from python-btsutils and from python-debianbts.

What we (python-debian) would need to start is an API proposal, that
will become a sub-module of debian_bundle, as the other parts of
python-debian. Then, I can go through the API and see whether there is
a margin for more "synergy" with other components of python-debian.

Finally, the same can be done for the implementation of the API, I
guess that there is some code that you implement that is implemented
also somewhere in python-debian, and that can then be factorized.

> PS: I'm cc'ing a lot of people and lists as I think this subject
> interest all of them, apologies in advance for the cross-posting.

On the contrary, thanks for the Cc.

Cheers

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