Bug#875306: python-debian: include a type for buildinfo files

[Stuart Prescott]

Source: python-debian
Version: 0.1.30
Severity: wishlist

Now that .buildinfo files are more common, it would be appropriate for a
standardised library to parse them to appear in python-debian.

This can mostly be a very thin layer around the existing Deb822 types, using
the existing Changes code for the file listings, the existing PkgRelations
code for the package listing and gpg_* functions for signature handling.

Are there any other fields that should be split/interpreted rather than
simply handled as opaque data?

- Environment: line split? split at = too? (how are newlines in values
  encoded within these environment lines?)

- Binary: space split? (these are not split for .changes files)

- Architecture: space split? (this is not done for .changes files)

On the basis that it is much harder to change an API after it is uploaded
than before, it would be great if potential consumers could make suggestions
now. If existing consumers such as buildinfo.d.n already have implementations
that would fit into python-debian, then even better.

cheers
Stuart