#904778 ITP: pagamigo -- Free software script for PayPal payments

Package:
wnpp
Source:
wnpp
Submitter:
Alyssa Rosenzweig
Date:
2025-11-29 16:41:32 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#904778#5
Date:
2018-07-27 22:02:46 UTC
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* Package name    : python3-pagamigo
  Version         : 1.0.0
  Upstream Author : Alyssa Rosenzweig <alyssa@rosenzweig.io>
* URL             : https://notabug.org/alyssa/pagamigo
* License         : AGPLv3+
  Programming Lang: Python
  Description     : Free software script for PayPal payments

PayPal is used for donations to a number of free software
organisations, including the Debian project itself [1]. Unfortunately,
at present, PayPal requires the use of proprietary software (typically
JavaScript) to so much as make a donation. Further, it would appear this
software tracks the user well beyond what is strictly necessary for the
transaction.

Pagamigo is a free software script to enable the user to complete PayPal
transactions, avoiding the proprietary JavaScript. It currently
implements:

	- The redirect flow, as used by many online merchants
	- Peer-to-peer money transfers ("Send money")

It is implemented in architecture-independent Python3. All of its
dependencies are already packaged in Debian, which should simplify
packaging greatly.

[1] https://www.debian.org/donations
----

I am the upstream author of Pagamigo; I have been developing the
software as part of my internship with the Free Software
Foundation. I am interested in maintaining it in Debian.

I do not have Debian push access (is that the right terminology?) and
will need a sponsor.

I have begun packaging the software with dh-python3; the
work-in-progress `.deb` has been confirmed to be functional on
debootstrapped chroots of Debian unstable (aarch64) and Trisquel flidas
(amd64, an Ubuntu derivative). More rigorous testing to follow.

Thanks,

#904778#10
Date:
2018-07-27 22:22:17 UTC
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This particular revision has been tested on the Debian unstable chroot
mentioned in the original post.

lintian reports no errors with the package.

#904778#15
Date:
2018-07-27 22:34:58 UTC
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Once you have finished packaging, upload your source package to Mentors
[1] and submit an RFS [2]. I have a feeling you're not going to have too
much trouble finding a sponsor (this is one of the most thought out ITPs
I've seen).

[1]: https://mentors.debian.org/
[2]: https://mentors.debian.net/sponsor/rfs-howto

#904778#20
Date:
2018-07-28 00:37:06 UTC
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OK, thank you :)