Bug#830788: RFS: ifstat/1.1-9

[Gianfranco Costamagna]

Hi,



>I would like the bug to be closed by the package being sponsored.


remove moreinfo tag once you addressed the missing points then

G.

Bug#830788: RFS: ifstat/1.1-9

[Goswin von Brederlow]

On Tue, Oct 04, 2016 at 09:56:35AM +, Gianfranco Costamagna wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> >It's using it indirectly for the crypto support. I've added the
> 
> >Build-Depends to make the use more explicit and asked the upstream
> >author to add the linking exception for ssl. He agreed about adding it
> 
> >but I don't know when that will officially happen.
> 
> 
> so, closing this RFS until the NMU is merged and the other points are 
> addressed?
> 
> G.

I would like the bug to be closed by the package being sponsored.

MfG
Goswin

Bug#830788: RFS: ifstat/1.1-9

[Gianfranco Costamagna]

Hi,


>It's using it indirectly for the crypto support. I've added the

>Build-Depends to make the use more explicit and asked the upstream
>author to add the linking exception for ssl. He agreed about adding it

>but I don't know when that will officially happen.


so, closing this RFS until the NMU is merged and the other points are addressed?

G.

Bug#830788: RFS: ifstat/1.1-9

[Goswin von Brederlow]

On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 04:26:32PM +0200, Tobias Frost wrote:
> Hi Goswin,
> 
> Am Montag, den 11.07.2016, 15:44 +0200 schrieb Goswin von Brederlow:
> 
> > Package: sponsorship-requests
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > Dear mentors,
> > 
> > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "ifstat"
> > 
> >  Package name: ifstat
> >  Version : 1.1-9
> >  Upstream Author : Gal Roualland 
> >  URL : http://gael.roualland.free.fr/ifstat/
> >  License : GPL
> >  Section : net
> > 
> > It builds those binary packages:
> > 
> > ifstat- InterFace STATistics Monitoring
> > libifstat-dev - Ifstat Development Files
> > 
> > To access further information about this package, please visit the
> > following URL:
> > 
> > https://mentors.debian.net/package/ifstat
> > 
> > 
> > Alternatively, one can download the package with dget using this
> > command:
> > 
> >   dget -x https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/i/ifstat/ifstat
> > _1.1-9.dsc
> > 
> > More information about hello can be obtained from https://www.example
> > .com.
> > 
> > Changes since the last upload:
> > 
> > ifstat (1.1-9) unstable; urgency=low
> > 
> >   * Update to debhelper version 9 (Closes: #817499, #828348).
> >   * Add multiarch support.
> >   * Fix bandwidth spelling in manpage (Closes: #617336).
> >   * Use dpkg-buildflags for hardening.
> > 
> >  -- Goswin von Brederlow   Mon, 11 Jul 2016
> > 12:03:29 +0200
> > 
> > 
> > The changes are purely packaging (except the spelling) related and a
> > straight
> > update from the old rules file to dh. It blocks some transitions so
> > it's
> > mildly important to get uploaded soon.
> > 
> > Regards,
> >  Goswin von Brederlow
> > 
> 
> any news on your package?
> 
> What I also noticed is that you have added a B-D on libssl-dev,
> but I cannot find any reference that the source is actually using it.
> Using Openssl on GPL'ed code without explicit license grant would be
> bad... Can you expand?
> 
> (Note that I did a NMU on the current version in sid to fix only the
> compat level 4 bug)
> 
> -- 
> tobi

It's using it indirectly for the crypto support. I've added the
Build-Depends to make the use more explicit and asked the upstream
author to add the linking exception for ssl. He agreed about adding it
but I don't know when that will officially happen.

MfG
Goswin

Bug#830788: RFS: ifstat/1.1-9

[Tobias Frost]

Hi Goswin,

Am Montag, den 11.07.2016, 15:44 +0200 schrieb Goswin von Brederlow:

> Package: sponsorship-requests
> Severity: normal
> 
> Dear mentors,
> 
> I am looking for a sponsor for my package "ifstat"
> 
>  Package name: ifstat
>  Version : 1.1-9
>  Upstream Author : Gal Roualland 
>  URL : http://gael.roualland.free.fr/ifstat/
>  License : GPL
>  Section : net
> 
> It builds those binary packages:
> 
> ifstat- InterFace STATistics Monitoring
> libifstat-dev - Ifstat Development Files
> 
> To access further information about this package, please visit the
> following URL:
> 
> https://mentors.debian.net/package/ifstat
> 
> 
> Alternatively, one can download the package with dget using this
> command:
> 
>   dget -x https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/i/ifstat/ifstat
> _1.1-9.dsc
> 
> More information about hello can be obtained from https://www.example
> .com.
> 
> Changes since the last upload:
> 
> ifstat (1.1-9) unstable; urgency=low
> 
>   * Update to debhelper version 9 (Closes: #817499, #828348).
>   * Add multiarch support.
>   * Fix bandwidth spelling in manpage (Closes: #617336).
>   * Use dpkg-buildflags for hardening.
> 
>  -- Goswin von Brederlow   Mon, 11 Jul 2016
> 12:03:29 +0200
> 
> 
> The changes are purely packaging (except the spelling) related and a
> straight
> update from the old rules file to dh. It blocks some transitions so
> it's
> mildly important to get uploaded soon.
> 
> Regards,
>  Goswin von Brederlow
> 

any news on your package?

What I also noticed is that you have added a B-D on libssl-dev,
but I cannot find any reference that the source is actually using it.
Using Openssl on GPL'ed code without explicit license grant would be
bad... Can you expand?

(Note that I did a NMU on the current version in sid to fix only the
compat level 4 bug)

-- 
tobi

Bug#830788: RFS: ifstat/1.1-9

[Andrew Shadura]

On 8 August 2016 at 13:28, Bartosz Fenski  wrote:
> C us czg, x zf

Are you sure about that?

-- 
Cheers,
  Andrew

Bug#830788: RFS: ifstat/1.1-9

[Bartosz Fenski]

C us czg, x zf 

Sent from my Sony Xperia™ smartphone

 Laurent Bigonville wrote 

>On 08/08/16 12:09, Paul Wise wrote:
>> On Mon, 2016-08-08 at 11:45 +0200, Laurent Bigonville wrote:
>>
>>> TBH I don't want to use alternatives if the two tools are not using the
>>> same flags, for example, arping has two implementation in debian using
>>> alternatives (or being installed in two different paths, not sure
>>> anymore) but they are not providing the same flags/options,
>>> network-manager is using this tool but only works with one of the
 implementation.
>> Why isn't there a Breaks from the right arping to network-manager?
>>
>>> FTR, other distributions (RHEL/Fedora at least) are using the iproute
>>> implementation.
>> Probably that is the best way to go then.
>>
>Mhh, on Fedora the two implementations are available actually (but not 
>on RHEL) and the iproute one is being installed by default.
>

Bug#830788: RFS: ifstat/1.1-9

[Laurent Bigonville]

On 08/08/16 12:09, Paul Wise wrote:

On Mon, 2016-08-08 at 11:45 +0200, Laurent Bigonville wrote:


TBH I don't want to use alternatives if the two tools are not using the
same flags, for example, arping has two implementation in debian using
alternatives (or being installed in two different paths, not sure
anymore) but they are not providing the same flags/options,
network-manager is using this tool but only works with one of the

implementation.

Why isn't there a Breaks from the right arping to network-manager?


FTR, other distributions (RHEL/Fedora at least) are using the iproute
implementation.

Probably that is the best way to go then.

Mhh, on Fedora the two implementations are available actually (but not 
on RHEL) and the iproute one is being installed by default.

Bug#830788: RFS: ifstat/1.1-9

[Paul Wise]

On Mon, 2016-08-08 at 11:45 +0200, Laurent Bigonville wrote:

> TBH I don't want to use alternatives if the two tools are not using the 
> same flags, for example, arping has two implementation in debian using 
> alternatives (or being installed in two different paths, not sure 
> anymore) but they are not providing the same flags/options, 
> network-manager is using this tool but only works with one of the 
> > implementation.

Why isn't there a Breaks from the right arping to network-manager?

> FTR, other distributions (RHEL/Fedora at least) are using the iproute 
> implementation.

Probably that is the best way to go then.

-- 
bye,
pabs

https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise


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Bug#830788: RFS: ifstat/1.1-9

[Laurent Bigonville]

Le 08/08/16 à 11:18, Paul Wise a écrit :

On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 5:06 PM, Christian Seiler wrote:


Maybe the best idea would then be to have iproute2 ship the
ifstat utility as iproute2-ifstat (or similar), keep ifstat
as the name for the ifstat package, and if a Linux admin
wants to have ifstat be the iproute2 thing, they can easily
set an alias in their shell. (Maybe add instructions to a
README.Debian file.)

Sounds like a case for alternatives, are the two implementations
command-line compatible?

TBH I don't want to use alternatives if the two tools are not using the 
same flags, for example, arping has two implementation in debian using 
alternatives (or being installed in two different paths, not sure 
anymore) but they are not providing the same flags/options, 
network-manager is using this tool but only works with one of the 
implementation.


FTR, other distributions (RHEL/Fedora at least) are using the iproute 
implementation.

Bug#830788: RFS: ifstat/1.1-9

[Paul Wise]

On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 5:06 PM, Christian Seiler wrote:

> Maybe the best idea would then be to have iproute2 ship the
> ifstat utility as iproute2-ifstat (or similar), keep ifstat
> as the name for the ifstat package, and if a Linux admin
> wants to have ifstat be the iproute2 thing, they can easily
> set an alias in their shell. (Maybe add instructions to a
> README.Debian file.)

Sounds like a case for alternatives, are the two implementations
command-line compatible?

-- 
bye,
pabs

https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise

Bug#830788: RFS: ifstat/1.1-9

[Christian Seiler]

On 08/08/2016 10:36 AM, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> Ifstat upstream is alife and responsive. The command is just complete,
> no new features have been added. So I guess we should keep ifstat, if
> only for kfreebsd and hurd.

Maybe the best idea would then be to have iproute2 ship the
ifstat utility as iproute2-ifstat (or similar), keep ifstat
as the name for the ifstat package, and if a Linux admin
wants to have ifstat be the iproute2 thing, they can easily
set an alias in their shell. (Maybe add instructions to a
README.Debian file.)

Regards,
Christian

Bug#830788: RFS: ifstat/1.1-9

[Goswin von Brederlow]

On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 07:12:24PM +0200, Laurent Bigonville wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Jul 2016 15:44:39 +0200 Goswin von Brederlow 
> wrote:
> 
> > Dear mentors,
> >
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "ifstat"
> 
> I have a question, is the ifstat package really still needed? It seems to be
> dead upstream (last release is from 2004).
> 
> The iproute2 package (which is still maintained upstream) also has a ifstat
> binary, I've added that binary by mistake in the last upload I've made.
> 
> So I see two solutions here, either I'm removing that binary from the
> iproute2 package (and we are back to the situation before my boggus upload)
> or we are removing the ifstat package from debian. Note iproute2 is linux
> only though.
> 
> Any thoughts about this?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Laurent Bigonville

How do they compare in functionality?

Ifstat upstream is alife and responsive. The command is just complete,
no new features have been added. So I guess we should keep ifstat, if
only for kfreebsd and hurd.

MfG
Goswin

Bug#830788: RFS: ifstat/1.1-9

[Laurent Bigonville]

On Mon, 11 Jul 2016 15:44:39 +0200 Goswin von Brederlow 
 wrote:


> Dear mentors,
>

Hi,

> I am looking for a sponsor for my package "ifstat"

I have a question, is the ifstat package really still needed? It seems 
to be dead upstream (last release is from 2004).


The iproute2 package (which is still maintained upstream) also has a 
ifstat binary, I've added that binary by mistake in the last upload I've 
made.


So I see two solutions here, either I'm removing that binary from the 
iproute2 package (and we are back to the situation before my boggus 
upload) or we are removing the ifstat package from debian. Note iproute2 
is linux only though.


Any thoughts about this?

Regards,

Laurent Bigonville

Bug#830788: RFS: ifstat/1.1-9

[Gianfranco Costamagna]

control: owner -1 !
control: tags -1 moreinfo


>I am looking for a sponsor for my package "ifstat"


here we are sir

>More information about hello can be obtained from https://www.example.com.

interesting website, indeed!
>  * Update to debhelper version 9 (Closes: #817499, #828348).
>  * Add multiarch support.
>  * Fix bandwidth spelling in manpage (Closes: #617336).
>  * Use dpkg-buildflags for hardening.
>
>-- Goswin von Brederlow   Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:03:29 +0200
>
>
>The changes are purely packaging (except the spelling) related and a straight
>update from the old rules file to dh. It blocks some transitions so it's
>mildly important to get uploaded soon.


what about adding a "convert to quilt mode" and "extract patches"? :)
I really would like to see it quilt converted

mkdir debian/source
echo "3.0 (quilt)" >> debian/source/format
dpkg-source --commit
extract the patch and split it in debian/patches directory
(and debian/patches/series file to list them)

this isn't strictly required by policy, but I *really* appreciate
it, this is why I'm tagging moreinfo.


thanks for considering it :)

G.

Bug#830788: RFS: ifstat/1.1-9

[Goswin von Brederlow]

Package: sponsorship-requests
Severity: normal

Dear mentors,

I am looking for a sponsor for my package "ifstat"

 Package name: ifstat
 Version : 1.1-9
 Upstream Author : Gal Roualland 
 URL : http://gael.roualland.free.fr/ifstat/
 License : GPL
 Section : net

It builds those binary packages:

ifstat- InterFace STATistics Monitoring
libifstat-dev - Ifstat Development Files

To access further information about this package, please visit the
following URL:

https://mentors.debian.net/package/ifstat


Alternatively, one can download the package with dget using this command:

  dget -x https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/i/ifstat/ifstat_1.1-9.dsc

More information about hello can be obtained from https://www.example.com.

Changes since the last upload:

ifstat (1.1-9) unstable; urgency=low

  * Update to debhelper version 9 (Closes: #817499, #828348).
  * Add multiarch support.
  * Fix bandwidth spelling in manpage (Closes: #617336).
  * Use dpkg-buildflags for hardening.

 -- Goswin von Brederlow   Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:03:29 +0200


The changes are purely packaging (except the spelling) related and a straight
update from the old rules file to dh. It blocks some transitions so it's
mildly important to get uploaded soon.

Regards,
 Goswin von Brederlow