[Python-modules-team] Bug#831383: ITP: python-atomicwrites -- atomic file writes in Python

Fri Jul 15 10:32:31 UTC 2016

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk>

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* Package name    : python-atomicwrites
  Version         : 1,0,0
  Upstream Author : Markus Unterwaditzer <markus at unterwaditzer.net>
* URL             : https://github.com/untitaker/python-atomicwrites
* License         : Expat
  Programming Lang: Python
  Description     : atomic file writes in Python

 atomicwrites is Python library to atomically write files.
 .
 It uses a temporary file in the same directory as the given path. This
 ensures that the temporary file resides on the same filesystem.
 .
 The temporary file will then be atomically moved to the target
 location: On POSIX, it will use ``rename`` if files should be
 overwritten, otherwise a combination of "link" and "unlink". On
 Windows, it uses "MoveFileEx" through stdlib's "ctypes" with the
 appropriate flags.
 .
 Note that with "link" and "unlink", there's a timewindow where the file
 might be available under two entries in the filesystem: The name of the
 temporary file, and the name of the target file.

The package is needed for recent releases of Radicale.

The package will be maintained by myself, but I welcome help or
adoption (Debian Python Modules Team cc'ed as invitation).