gistfile1.txt

In [1]: file = """
   ...: package_name = openssl
   ...: 
   ...: summary = A general purpose cryptography library with TLS implementation # one line
   ...: 
   ...: description = \"\"\"The OpenSSL toolkit provides support for secure communications between
   ...: machines. OpenSSL includes a certificate management tool and shared
   ...: libraries which provide various cryptographic algorithms and
   ...: protocols.\"\"\" # multiline
   ...: 
   ...: URL = http://www.openssl.org/
   ...: 
   ...: licensing= OpenSSL
   ...: 
   ...: sets = TBD
   ...: 
   ...: tracks = koji 4.fc11
   ...: 
   ...: [SubPackage] # package generate by openssl 
   ...: package_name = openssl-scripts
   ...: summary= Perl scripts provided with OpenSSL
   ...: 
   ...: description =\"\"\"OpenSSL is a toolkit for supporting cryptography. The openssl-scripts
   ...: package provides Perl scripts for converting certificates and keys
   ...: from other formats to the formats used by the OpenSSL toolkit.\"\"\"
   ...: """.splitlines()

In [2]: from configobj import ConfigObj

In [3]: cfg = ConfigObj(file)

In [4]: cfg
Out[4]: ConfigObj({'package_name': 'openssl', 'summary': 'A general purpose cryptography library with TLS implementation', 'description': 'The OpenSSL toolkit provides support for secure communications between\nmachines. OpenSSL includes a certificate management tool and shared\nlibraries which provide various cryptographic algorithms and\nprotocols.', 'URL': 'http://www.openssl.org/', 'licensing': 'OpenSSL', 'sets': 'TBD', 'tracks': 'koji 4.fc11', 'SubPackage': {'package_name': 'openssl-scripts', 'summary': 'Perl scripts provided with OpenSSL', 'description': 'OpenSSL is a toolkit for supporting cryptography. The openssl-scripts\npackage provides Perl scripts for converting certificates and keys\nfrom other formats to the formats used by the OpenSSL toolkit.'}})

In [6]: cfg["SubPackage"]
Out[6]: {'package_name': 'openssl-scripts', 'summary': 'Perl scripts provided with OpenSSL', 'description': 'OpenSSL is a toolkit for supporting cryptography. The openssl-scripts\npackage provides Perl scripts for converting certificates and keys\nfrom other formats to the formats used by the OpenSSL toolkit.'}

In [7]: cfg["package_name"]
Out[7]: 'openssl'