On Wed, 2014-07-23 at 21:32 +0200, Sebastien Delafond wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Sebastien Delafond <s...@debian.org> > > Package name : perf-tools
Please choose a different name so that it won't be mistaken for linux-tools. Perhaps 'perf-tools-unstable'. > Version : 0.0.1~20140723+git942be0b3 > Upstream Author : Brendan Gregg > * URL : https://github.com/brendangregg/perf-tools > * License : GPL-2 > Programming Lang: Shell > Description : DTrace-like tools for linux > > A miscellaneous collection of in-development and unsupported performance > analysis tools for Linux perf_events, aka the "perf" command, and > ftrace. Both perf_events and ftrace are core Linux tracing tools, and > are included in the Linux kernel source. > . > These tools are designed to be simple to use, easy to install, and > provide advanced performance observability. This collection was written > by Brendan Gregg (author of the DTraceToolkit). > . > Many of these tools employ workarounds so that functionality is possible > on existing Linux kernels. Because of this, many tools have caveats (see > man pages), and their implementation should be considered a placeholder > until future kernel features, or new tracing subsystems, are added. Based on the description, it doesn't appear that this would be suitable for a stable release. So after uploading it, please open an RC bug to ensure that it does not transition to testing. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Absolutum obsoletum. (If it works, it's out of date.) - Stafford Beer
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