Source: python-datacache Section: python Priority: optional Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team Uploaders: Steffen Moeller Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13), dh-python, python3-setuptools, python3-all, python3-requests, python3-pandas, python3-appdirs, python3-biopython , python3-typechecks , python3-mock , Standards-Version: 4.6.2 Homepage: https://github.com/openvax/datacache Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/med-team/python-datacache Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/med-team/python-datacache.git Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-python Rules-Requires-Root: no Package: python3-datacache Architecture: all Depends: ${python3:Depends}, ${misc:Depends} Description: helpers for transparently downloading datasets External data is often distributed as "flat files", i.e. dumps into a mostly human-readable format that one could open as a spreadsheet and equally easy parse and index or reimport into a local database. When the text file changes, the database needs to be updated, too. If access to the database is first required, the text file needs to be downloaded first and the database created. Remote updates also require local updates. . This package provides a set of helper functions to address the handling of remote files and the curation of local databases derived from them.