Call for your help to revive the PySNMP ecosystem together #429

lextm · 2022-11-11T17:11:32Z

Background

PySNMP ecosystem has been idle ever since 2020, and while many repos were forked by different parties, none of the authors showed a plan to completely take over the ecosystem as a whole and bring the repos forward,

https://github.com/pysnmp has forked several key components (Community Fork #416) and published several new releases mainly for a Splunk project. No documentation site was planned for this.
https://github.com/inexio has forked most of the components to maintain a documentation mirror (The sample address is not accessible #389) at https://snmplabs.thola.io/. However, contents on this site do not map to released versions of the packages, so you might hit breaking pieces here and there.

Note that inexio GmbH was once the sponsor of Ilya.
https://github.com/pyasn1 has forked two ASN.1 related repos ([PSA] Transfer of ownership pyasn1#214) and taken over the PyPI packages pyasn1*. https://pyasn1.readthedocs.io/ was set up and matches the new releases.
Simon Fagerholm used his fork to create https://pysnmp.readthedocs.io/ but he made no other commits. Thus, this doc site while high in search engine results contains out-of-date information and does not really help much.
Other forks didn't show significant progress.
The primary domain name (snmplabs.com) was lost and fell into the hands of unknown. The current owner(s) never reveals the identity, so any connection to that domain can be risky for general public.
New Python releases (3.11 and 3.12 for example) introduced breaking changes that impact PySNMP 4.x users significantly (for example, changes related to asyncio and asyncore).

As Ilya passed away (#427), I think it is more important than ever to regroup all parties under the same banner.

My company LeXtudio Inc. has been active in SNMP field for more than a decade now, mainly focusing on its .NET ecosystem. But some clients asked if we can support PySNMP for them, so we asked ourselves why not take the lead to revive PySNMP.

Migration Plan

Forked all related repos under a single place (currently all under https://github.com/lextudio)
Set up a new documentation site (https://www.pysnmp.com) with up-to-date information.
Published new releases of the Python packages with postfix. (Don't use them now, and switch to PySNMP packages without postfix.)

Name Downloads
Set up a new SNMP Simulator instance (demo.pysnmp.com) as documented here
Set up MIB site (https://mibs.pysnmp.com) based on this
Integrated with https://github.com/pyasn1.
Added unit test coverage to help reveal new/known bugs and ensure patches work as expected.
Added compatibility test to support all major Python releases (3.8+, in Feb 2024)
(in-progress) Help downstream projects upgrade to 6.0 releases (OpenStack, Home Assistant, etc).
PEP 541 request was fired to take over the remaining 11 PyPI packages (pysnmp*/pysmi/snmp*) from Ilya.
(in-progress) Review and cherry pick all existing patches (2020-2022)
(in-progress) Review and close most existing issues reported (2020-2022), tracked in Tracker of etingof/pysnmp opened issues lextudio/pysnmp#4
Updated the PyPI packages created by Ilya after the PEP 541 request approval. (These are the recommended packages to use)

Name Downloads

In the long run, LeXtudio Inc. plans to work with key stakeholders (projects that depend on pysnmp) and sponsors to set up the governing rules around the repos. Ideally there should be a PySNMP organization that supervises the development.

Known Projects Switched to LeXtudio Fork

This is not a complete list but can show you the momentum.

Name	Comment
OpenStack
Checkmk
Arch Linux
Glances
Home Assistant
Genie libs
brother
Proliantutils
labgrid
snimpy

You Can Help

What help is needed from you?

Spread the words.
Open new issues at https://github.com/lextudio/pysnmp/issues so that we can track what are needed to address.
Sponsor this initiative to revive the ecosystem by contacting [email protected] if you like to offer financial support to speed up the process.
Write to [email protected] if you want to offer other kind of assistance (code review, documentation, and others).

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https://github.com/lextudio/pysnmp/blob/v6.2.5/CHANGES.rst etingof/pysnmp#429 Promotes the lextudio fork to the the primary pysnmp package.

lextm · 2024-10-01T21:56:49Z

With Simon's help, we are now redirecting visitors from https://pysnmp.readthedocs.io/ to https://www.pysnmp.com, which is another milestone to consolidate community resources.

pysnmp depends on pyasn1. `pyasn1.compat.octets` was removed in pyasn1 0.6.1 [1] leading to ModuleNotFoundErrors in labgrid's "eaton" and "poe_mib" power backends: _______________ TestNetworkPowerDriver.test_import_backend_eaton _______________ self = <test_powerdriver.TestNetworkPowerDriver object at 0x7f84794bfdd0> def test_import_backend_eaton(self): pytest.importorskip("pysnmp") > import labgrid.driver.power.eaton tests/test_powerdriver.py:295: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ labgrid/driver/power/eaton.py:2: in <module> from ...util.snmp import SimpleSNMP labgrid/util/snmp.py:1: in <module> from pysnmp import hlapi /opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.12.5/x64/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pysnmp/hlapi/__init__.py:7: in <module> from pysnmp.proto.rfc1902 import * /opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.12.5/x64/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pysnmp/proto/rfc1902.py:8: in <module> from pysnmp.proto import rfc1155, error /opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.12.5/x64/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pysnmp/proto/rfc1155.py:10: in <module> from pysnmp.proto import error /opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.12.5/x64/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pysnmp/proto/error.py:9: in <module> from pysnmp import debug _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # # This file is part of pysnmp software. # # Copyright (c) 2005-2019, Ilya Etingof <[email protected]> # License: https://www.pysnmp.com/pysnmp/license.html # import logging > from pyasn1.compat.octets import octs2ints E ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pyasn1.compat.octets' /opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.12.5/x64/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pysnmp/debug.py:8: ModuleNotFoundError ______________ TestNetworkPowerDriver.test_import_backend_poe_mib ______________ self = <test_powerdriver.TestNetworkPowerDriver object at 0x7f84794bd910> def test_import_backend_poe_mib(self): pytest.importorskip("pysnmp") > import labgrid.driver.power.poe_mib tests/test_powerdriver.py:307: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ labgrid/driver/power/poe_mib.py:4: in <module> from ...util.snmp import SimpleSNMP labgrid/util/snmp.py:1: in <module> from pysnmp import hlapi /opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.12.5/x64/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pysnmp/hlapi/__init__.py:7: in <module> from pysnmp.proto.rfc1902 import * /opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.12.5/x64/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pysnmp/proto/rfc1902.py:8: in <module> from pysnmp.proto import rfc1155, error /opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.12.5/x64/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pysnmp/proto/rfc1155.py:10: in <module> from pysnmp.proto import error /opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.12.5/x64/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pysnmp/proto/error.py:9: in <module> from pysnmp import debug _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # # This file is part of pysnmp software. # # Copyright (c) 2005-2019, Ilya Etingof <[email protected]> # License: https://www.pysnmp.com/pysnmp/license.html # import logging > from pyasn1.compat.octets import octs2ints E ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pyasn1.compat.octets' /opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.12.5/x64/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pysnmp/debug.py:8: ModuleNotFoundError The issue is documented upstream [2]. [3] limited the pysnmp version to <6. pysnmp 6.1.4, 6.2.6, and 7.1.0 are not affected. Limit compatible pyasn1 versions to <0.6.1 until [5] switches labgrid to pysnmp's asyncio API, thereby dropping the upper bound introduced by [3]. While at it, switch from "pysnmp-lextudio" to "pysnmp". The original author of pysnmp passed away and the lextudio folks took over maintenanc. While the request to take over the pysnmp PyPi project was pending, the maintained fork was called pysnmp-lextudio (see labgrid-project#1186, aa2549c). Now that the migration is complete, let's move back to the original package name. See: [6] [1] https://github.com/pyasn1/pyasn1/releases/tag/v0.6.1 [2] pyasn1/pyasn1#76 [3] labgrid-project#1332 [4] lextudio/pysnmp#113 (comment) [5] labgrid-project#1497 [6] etingof/pysnmp#429 Signed-off-by: Bastian Krause <[email protected]>

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https://github.com/lextudio/pysnmp/blob/v6.2.5/CHANGES.rst etingof/pysnmp#429 Promotes the lextudio fork to the the primary pysnmp package.

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https://github.com/lextudio/pysnmp/blob/v6.2.5/CHANGES.rst etingof/pysnmp#429 Promotes the lextudio fork to the the primary pysnmp package.

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https://github.com/lextudio/pysnmp/blob/v6.2.5/CHANGES.rst etingof/pysnmp#429 Promotes the lextudio fork to the the primary pysnmp package.

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Call for your help to revive the PySNMP ecosystem together #429

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Migration Plan

Known Projects Switched to LeXtudio Fork

You Can Help

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