Bug#1145039: ITP: python-linuxnamespaces -- Typed syscall wrappers and plumbing for working with Linux namespaces

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Colin Watson <[email protected]>
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], Helmut Grohne <[email protected]>, Stefano Rivera <[email protected]>

* Package name    : python-linuxnamespaces
  Version         : 0.0.1
  Upstream Contact: Helmut Grohne <[email protected]>
* URL             : https://git.subdivi.de/~helmut/python-linuxnamespaces.git
* License         : LGPL-2.0+
  Programming Lang: Python
  Description     : Typed syscall wrappers and plumbing for working with Linux namespaces

This is a plumbing-level Python module for working with Linux namespaces 
via ctypes. It leverages glibc wrappers to access the relevant system 
calls and provides typed abstractions for them.


Helmut has been working for a while on improved container management for
things like sbuild and autopkgtest.  This is one of the building blocks
for that work.  I intend to maintain the packaging as part of the Python 
team.