Python Lib for fai-do-scripts(1)

Hi all,

Today I am very pleased to announce the publication of pyfai [1], a 
Python package providing Pythonic wrappers for the most important 
commands in FAI customization scripts such as fcopy(8). More high-level 
abstractions, e.g. to install systemd units, are planned and will follow 
within the next months. The source code is available on Github [2] and 
extensive documentation is provided on Read the Docs [3].

There are no official Debian packages yet (but planned). Until they 
become available, I would recommend stdeb [4] (Debian package 
python3-stdeb) to build a .deb package: `py2dsc-deb fai-0.1.0.tar.gz`

My current integration in FAI installation and softupdate is based on 
the Debian package that I simply let install by install_packages(8). 
During softupdate this is already enough to actually `import fai` in 
Python customization scripts. During installation, however, Python needs 
to load the package from the target system (unless pyfai is installed in 
the installer system itself, too). Therefore, I set 
`PYTHONPATH="$target/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages"` in `class/INSTALL.var`.

I am looking forward to your feedback/ideas/pull requests!

Best,
Maximilian


[1]: https://pypi.org/project/fai/

[2]: https://github.com/st31ny/pyfai

[3]: https://fai.readthedocs.io/

[4]: https://pypi.org/project/stdeb/