#1007924 ITP: rshell -- A remote shell for working with MicroPython boards

Package:
wnpp
Source:
wnpp
Submitter:
Dave Jones
Date:
2025-11-29 16:50:31 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#1007924#5
Date:
2022-03-18 15:35:19 UTC
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To:
* Package name    : rshell
  Version         : 0.0.31-1
  Upstream Author : https://github.com/dhylands/rshell
* URL             : https://pypi.org/project/rshell/
* License         : MIT
  Programming Lang: Python
  Description     : A remote shell for working with MicroPython boards

A simple shell which runs on the host and uses MicroPython's raw-REPL to
send Python snippets to the board in order to get file-system
information, to copy files to and from MicroPython's file-system. It
also has the ability to invoke the MicroPython REPL, so rshell can be
used as a terminal emulator as well.

Currently, the standard method for installing this is to use pip3.
However, given it has minimal dependencies (pyserial and pyudev) which
are already packaged nicely in Debian, there's no particular reason this
shouldn't be deb-packaged too. The only other (direct) means of
manipulating the file-system on a MicroPython device currently available
in Debian (that I'm aware of) is the Thonny editor. However, Thonny
requires a graphical environment, whilst rshell is also suitable for
console only environments.

I'm happy to maintain this package as part of the Python team.
#1007924#10
Date:
2022-04-17 15:49:31 UTC
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To:
Dear mentors,

I am looking for a sponsor for my package "rshell":

  * Package name    : rshell
    Version         : 0.0.31-1
    Upstream Author : https://github.com/dhylands/rshell
  * URL             : https://github.com/dhylands/rshell
  * License         : MIT
  * Vcs             : https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/packages/rshell
    Section         : python

The source builds the following binary packages:

   python3-rshell - Remote shell for working with MicroPython boards - python3 library
   rshell - Remote shell for working with MicroPython boards

To access further information about this package, please visit the
following URL:

https://mentors.debian.net/package/rshell/

Alternatively, you can download the package with 'dget' using this
command:

   dget -x https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/r/rshell/rshell_0.0.31-1.dsc

Changes for the initial release:

  rshell (0.0.31-1) unstable; urgency=medium
  .
    * Initial release. (Closes: #1007924)

Thanks for you consideration!
#1007924#15
Date:
2022-05-31 15:27:39 UTC
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To:
You should ask for package sponsoring in the team IRC's topic. I have set it to contain rshell.
#1007924#20
Date:
2024-06-05 11:02:50 UTC
From:
To:
Hi Dave,

are you still interested in maintaining rshell in Debian?

I would be willing to sponsor your uploads.

Cheers,
sur5r
#1007924#23
Date:
2024-06-05 11:02:50 UTC
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To:
Hi Dave,

are you still interested in maintaining rshell in Debian?

I would be willing to sponsor your uploads.

Cheers,
sur5r