Add Foolscap, a distributed capability RPC protocol.

svn path=/nixpkgs/trunk/; revision=15109

pkgs/development/python-modules/foolscap/default.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, python, setuptools, twisted, pyopenssl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "foolscap-0.3.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://foolscap.lothar.com/releases/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1wkqgm6anlxvz8dnqx7ki008255nm1mlhak5n9xy6g1yf31fn3l0";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ python ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ setuptools twisted pyopenssl ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  buildPhase     = "python setup.py build --build-base $out";
+  checkPhase     = "python setup.py test";
+
+  # FIXME: `$out/bin/flogtool' can't find its friends:
+  #
+  # $ ./result/bin/flogtool --help
+  # Traceback (most recent call last):
+  #   File "./result/bin/flogtool", line 4, in <module>
+  #     import pkg_resources
+  # ImportError: No module named pkg_resources
+
+  installPhase   = ''
+    ensureDir "$out/lib/python2.5/site-packages"
+
+    PYTHONPATH="$out/lib/python2.5/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH" \
+    python setup.py install --prefix="$out"
+
+    ensureDir "$out/doc/${name}"
+    cp -rv "doc/"* "$out/doc/${name}"
+  '';
+
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://foolscap.lothar.com/;
+
+    description = "Foolscap, an RPC protocol for Python that follows the distributed object-capability model";
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      "Foolscap" is the name for the next-generation RPC protocol,
+      intended to replace Perspective Broker (part of Twisted).
+      Foolscap is a protocol to implement a distributed
+      object-capabilities model in Python.
+    '';
+
+    # See http://foolscap.lothar.com/trac/browser/LICENSE.
+    license = "MIT";
+  };
+}

pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

@@ -6382,6 +6382,10 @@ let
     setuptools = setuptools.passthru.function {inherit python;};
   });
 
+  foolscap = import ../development/python-modules/foolscap {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv python setuptools twisted pyopenssl;
+  };
+
   nevow = import ../development/python-modules/nevow {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv python setuptools twisted makeWrapper lib;
   };