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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+# Request re-runs of autopkgtests for packages
+
+import os
+import sys
+import argparse
+import json
+import urllib.parse
+
+import amqplib.client_0_8 as amqp
+
+my_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(sys.argv[0]))
+
+
+def parse_args():
+    '''Parse command line arguments'''
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('-c', '--config',
+                        help='britney config file (default: britney.conf.ubuntu.<series>)')
+    parser.add_argument('-s', '--series', required=True,
+                        help='Distro series name (required).')
+    parser.add_argument('-a', '--architecture', action='append', default=[],
+                        help='Only run test(s) on given architecture name(s). '
+                        'Can be specified multiple times (default: all).')
+    parser.add_argument('--trigger', action='append', default=[],
+                        metavar='SOURCE/VERSION',
+                        help='Add triggering package to request. '
+                        'Can be specified multiple times.')
+    parser.add_argument('--ppa', metavar='LPUSER/PPANAME', action='append',
+                        default=[],
+                        help='Enable PPA for requested test(s). '
+                        'Can be specified multiple times.')
+    parser.add_argument('--env', metavar='KEY=VALUE', action='append',
+                        default=[],
+                        help='List of VAR=value strings. '
+                        'This can be used to influence a test\'s behaviour '
+                        'from a test request. '
+                        'Can be specified multiple times.')
+    parser.add_argument('--test-git',
+                        metavar='URL [branchname]',
+                        help='A single URL or URL branchname. '
+                        'The test will be git cloned from that URL and ran '
+                        'from the checkout. This will not build binary '
+                        'packages from the branch and run tests against '
+                        'those, the test dependencies will be taken from the '
+                        'archive, or PPA if given. In this case the '
+                        'srcpkgname will only be used for the result path in '
+                        'swift and be irrelevant for the actual test.')
+    parser.add_argument('--build-git',
+                        metavar='URL [branchname]',
+                        help='A single URL or URL branchname. '
+                        'Like --test-git`, but will first build binary '
+                        'packages from the branch and run tests against those.')
+    parser.add_argument('--test-bzr',
+                        help='A single URL. '
+                        'The test will be checked out with bzr from that URL. '
+                        'Otherwise this has the same behaviour as test-git.')
+    parser.add_argument('--all-proposed', action='store_true',
+                        help='Disable apt pinning and use all of -proposed')
+    parser.add_argument('package', nargs='+',
+                        help='Source package name(s) whose tests to run.')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if not args.trigger and not args.ppa:
+        parser.error('One of --trigger or --ppa must be given')
+
+    # verify syntax of triggers
+    for t in args.trigger:
+        try:
+            (src, ver) = t.split('/')
+        except ValueError:
+            parser.error('Invalid trigger format "%s", must be "sourcepkg/version"' % t)
+
+    # verify syntax of PPAs
+    for t in args.ppa:
+        try:
+            (user, name) = t.split('/')
+        except ValueError:
+            parser.error('Invalid ppa format "%s", must be "lpuser/ppaname"' % t)
+
+    return args
+
+
+def parse_config(config_file):
+    '''Parse config file (like britney.py)'''
+
+    config = argparse.Namespace()
+    with open(config_file) as f:
+        for k, v in [r.split('=', 1) for r in f if '=' in r and not r.strip().startswith('#')]:
+            k = k.strip()
+            if not getattr(config, k.lower(), None):
+                setattr(config, k.lower(), v.strip())
+    return config
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    args = parse_args()
+    britney_conf = os.path.join(my_dir, 'britney.conf')
+    if args.config:
+        config = parse_config(args.config)
+    elif os.path.exists(britney_conf + '.ubuntu.' + args.series):
+        config = parse_config(britney_conf + '.ubuntu.' + args.series)
+    else:
+        config = parse_config(britney_conf)
+    if not args.architecture:
+        args.architecture = config.adt_arches.split()
+
+    context = ''
+    params = {}
+    if args.trigger:
+        params['triggers'] = args.trigger
+    if args.ppa:
+        params['ppas'] = args.ppa
+        context = 'ppa-'
+    if args.env:
+        params['env'] = args.env
+    if args.test_git:
+        params['test-git'] = args.test_git
+        context = 'upstream-'
+    elif args.build_git:
+        params['build-git'] = args.build_git
+        context = 'upstream-'
+    if args.test_bzr:
+        params['test-bzr'] = args.test_bzr
+        context = 'upstream-'
+    if args.all_proposed:
+        params['all-proposed'] = True
+    params = '\n' + json.dumps(params)
+
+    creds = urllib.parse.urlsplit(config.adt_amqp, allow_fragments=False)
+    assert creds.scheme == 'amqp'
+
+    with amqp.Connection(creds.hostname, userid=creds.username,
+                         password=creds.password) as amqp_con:
+        with amqp_con.channel() as ch:
+            for arch in args.architecture:
+                queue = 'debci-%s%s-%s' % (context, args.series, arch)
+                for pkg in args.package:
+                    ch.basic_publish(amqp.Message(pkg + params),
+                                     routing_key=queue)