Bug#922628: ITP: dt -- DNS tool - display information about your domain
On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 12:46:16PM -0500, Antoine Beaupré wrote: On 2019-02-18 17:39:51, Scott Kitterman wrote: This is an incredibly generic package name. Please pick something more descriptive. This was already reported by Paride Legovini, an hour ago. Please follow the conversation there. I would welcome help convincing upstream to rename the package, for example. Paride was talking about the *binary name*, Scott is talking about the *package name*. (Consequently he has probably been following the conversation just fine). Quite aside from the binary name clash problems, "dt" is a very short package name, and a more descriptive package name would serve as a form of self-documentation. "dnstool" would seem perfectly consistent with the way upstream refer to the project (GitHub title: DNS tool - display information about your domain) -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Jonathan Dowland ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://jmtd.net ⠈⠳⣄
Bug#922628: ITP: dt -- DNS tool - display information about your domain
[re-adding debian-devel to avoid further duplicates...] On 2019-02-19 03:11:47, Ben Hutchings wrote: > This command name is very short, and in fact we already have a dt > command (in the ditrack package). I suggest you try to convince > upstream to pick a unique command name. ... so for the third time today: now, I know about ditrack, thanks! :) There were options proposed in the bug, I'm hesitating between asking upstream to change its name (generally not well received) or renaming ditrack, which has a low popcon and no upstream release in a decade. A. -- We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Bug#922628: ITP: dt -- DNS tool - display information about your domain
On Mon, 2019-02-18 at 10:52 -0500, Antoine Beaupré wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Antoine Beaupré > > * Package name: dt > Version : 0.0.9 > Upstream Author : Wim > * URL : https://github.com/42wim/dt > * License : Apache-2.0 > Programming Lang: Go > Description : DNS tool - display information about your domain > > dt a DNS tool that displays information about your domain. > . > Features > • common records scanning (use -scan) > • validate DNSSEC chain (use -debug to see more info) > • change query speed for scanning (default 10 queries per second) > * diagnostic of your domain (similar to intodns.com, dnsspy.io) > > > > This is a great tool. I worked on packaging a similar tool (dnsdiag, > #824670) for Debian, but it stopped where dt begun: > > https://github.com/farrokhi/dnsdiag/issues/16 > > So I would love to see this in Debian. As usual, I would co-maintain > this in the golang team. This command name is very short, and in fact we already have a dt command (in the ditrack package). I suggest you try to convince upstream to pick a unique command name. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings The obvious mathematical breakthrough [to break modern encryption] would be development of an easy way to factor large prime numbers. - Bill Gates signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Bug#922628: ITP: dt -- DNS tool - display information about your domain
On 2019-02-18 17:39:51, Scott Kitterman wrote: > On February 18, 2019 3:52:55 PM UTC, "Antoine Beaupré" > wrote: >>Package: wnpp >>Severity: wishlist >>Owner: Antoine Beaupré >> >>* Package name: dt >> Version : 0.0.9 >> Upstream Author : Wim >>* URL : https://github.com/42wim/dt >>* License : Apache-2.0 >> Programming Lang: Go >> Description : DNS tool - display information about your domain >> >> dt a DNS tool that displays information about your domain. >> . >> Features >> • common records scanning (use -scan) >> • validate DNSSEC chain (use -debug to see more info) >> • change query speed for scanning (default 10 queries per second) >> * diagnostic of your domain (similar to intodns.com, dnsspy.io) >> >> >> >>This is a great tool. I worked on packaging a similar tool (dnsdiag, >>#824670) for Debian, but it stopped where dt begun: >> >>https://github.com/farrokhi/dnsdiag/issues/16 >> >>So I would love to see this in Debian. As usual, I would co-maintain >>this in the golang team. > > This is an incredibly generic package name. Please pick something more > descriptive. This was already reported by Paride Legovini, an hour ago. Please follow the conversation there. I would welcome help convincing upstream to rename the package, for example. a. -- Only in the darkness can you see the stars. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Bug#922628: ITP: dt -- DNS tool - display information about your domain
On February 18, 2019 3:52:55 PM UTC, "Antoine Beaupré" wrote: >Package: wnpp >Severity: wishlist >Owner: Antoine Beaupré > >* Package name: dt > Version : 0.0.9 > Upstream Author : Wim >* URL : https://github.com/42wim/dt >* License : Apache-2.0 > Programming Lang: Go > Description : DNS tool - display information about your domain > > dt a DNS tool that displays information about your domain. > . > Features > • common records scanning (use -scan) > • validate DNSSEC chain (use -debug to see more info) > • change query speed for scanning (default 10 queries per second) > * diagnostic of your domain (similar to intodns.com, dnsspy.io) > > > >This is a great tool. I worked on packaging a similar tool (dnsdiag, >#824670) for Debian, but it stopped where dt begun: > >https://github.com/farrokhi/dnsdiag/issues/16 > >So I would love to see this in Debian. As usual, I would co-maintain >this in the golang team. This is an incredibly generic package name. Please pick something more descriptive. Scott K
Bug#922628: ITP: dt -- DNS tool - display information about your domain
Antoine Beaupré wrote on 18/02/2019: On 2019-02-18 17:05:58, Paride Legovini wrote: Antoine Beaupré wrote on 18/02/2019: Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Antoine Beaupré * Package name: dt Note that you will have to rename dt's binary (and its manpage), as the ditrack package already installs /usr/bin/dt. Thanks for the heads up. Any suggestions? dnstool maybe? What if dt would just conflict with ditrack? It doesn't seem like a popular package (popcon 10): https://qa.debian.org/popcon-graph.php?packages=ditrack Upstream also seems to be mostly dead (no release since 2008)... Solving this kind of issue with a Conflicts line is against the Policy, I recently had this conversation in debian-devel and the answer was: No. The binary from ditrack could in principle be renamed instead of the one in your package. I would prefer this solution, but it has to be discussed in debian-devel (the policy is explicit on this). If you end up renaming, I think 'dnstool' is a good fit. You could also try to ask upstream if they would consider renaming the project. I don't think it's a good idea to claim a 2-letter command in 2019. Looking forward to see it packaged anyway. Paride
Bug#922628: ITP: dt -- DNS tool - display information about your domain
Control: blocks -1 by 922629 922631 This package is not exactly well packagable in Debian. One missing dependency is: https://github.com/42wim/ipisp ... which is a fork of an existing library (also not in Debian): https://github.com/ammario/ipisp I've asked upstream about this fork: https://github.com/42wim/dt/issues/8 I filed #922629 to package the upstream version, hoping the fork can be resolved. Upstream doesn't have release tags either, which I reported upstream as well. I also filed #922631 for the last missing dep. That said, I have dt installed through `go get` and it's a great tool in my sysadmin toolbox. I think Debian users would greatly benefit from having this in the distribution. A. -- Man really attains the state of complete humanity when he produces, without being forced by physical need to sell himself as a commodity. - Ernesto "Che" Guevara
Bug#922628: ITP: dt -- DNS tool - display information about your domain
On 2019-02-18 17:05:58, Paride Legovini wrote: > Antoine Beaupré wrote on 18/02/2019: >> Package: wnpp >> Severity: wishlist >> Owner: Antoine Beaupré >> >> * Package name: dt > > Note that you will have to rename dt's binary (and its manpage), as the > ditrack package already installs /usr/bin/dt. Thanks for the heads up. Any suggestions? dnstool maybe? What if dt would just conflict with ditrack? It doesn't seem like a popular package (popcon 10): https://qa.debian.org/popcon-graph.php?packages=ditrack Upstream also seems to be mostly dead (no release since 2008)... A. -- Le monochrome, c'est pour ceux qui s'intéressent (encore) au contenu. Usenet dans ces conditions, c'est comme le web avec lynx, on prend trop conscience du vide, c'est déprimant. - JLC dans le Guide du linuxien pervers: "Coup de cafard..."
Bug#922628: ITP: dt -- DNS tool - display information about your domain
Antoine Beaupré wrote on 18/02/2019: Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Antoine Beaupré * Package name: dt Note that you will have to rename dt's binary (and its manpage), as the ditrack package already installs /usr/bin/dt. Paride
Bug#922628: ITP: dt -- DNS tool - display information about your domain
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Antoine Beaupré * Package name: dt Version : 0.0.9 Upstream Author : Wim * URL : https://github.com/42wim/dt * License : Apache-2.0 Programming Lang: Go Description : DNS tool - display information about your domain dt a DNS tool that displays information about your domain. . Features • common records scanning (use -scan) • validate DNSSEC chain (use -debug to see more info) • change query speed for scanning (default 10 queries per second) * diagnostic of your domain (similar to intodns.com, dnsspy.io) This is a great tool. I worked on packaging a similar tool (dnsdiag, #824670) for Debian, but it stopped where dt begun: https://github.com/farrokhi/dnsdiag/issues/16 So I would love to see this in Debian. As usual, I would co-maintain this in the golang team. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
