#26848: Create Debian package for sbws ---------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: juga | Owner: juga Type: defect | Status: assigned Priority: Medium | Milestone: sbws 1.0 (MVP must) Component: Core Tor/sbws | Version: Severity: Normal | Resolution: Keywords: | Actual Points: Parent ID: #25925 | Points: Reviewer: | Sponsor: ---------------------------+-------------------------------------
Comment (by dkg): irl, i can't tell if you're "really not convinced it's a good idea" or if you're "really convinced it's not a good idea". :) having a debian package can help for identifying problems, for system integration, and for ease of updates. If there's a real concern about people measuring the network who shouldn't be, then i'm not sure that the presence of software in the debian repository or not is going to stop any even mildly interested actor. If you want to ensure that only "the right" people run sbws, you could have the dedicated debian system service do some sort of verification that it is on a host that is "acceptable", and then decline to run unless the administrator overrides it, but that seems like a lot of work to put in to an antifeature in free software. as for the cadence of uploads to stable-backports -- packages with a passing [DEP-8 autopkgtest testsuite](https://dep- team.pages.debian.net/deps/dep8/) and no outstanding RC bugs can [migrate from unstable to testing in less time](https://lists.debian.org/debian- devel-announce/2018/05/msg00001.html), which allows for an upload to stretch-backports faster. It also means that we can rely on debian's testing infrastructure to verify basic package functionality on minimal systems. taking advantage of that continuous integration infrastructure seems like a good idea regardless of the package migration times. what cadence do we expect bandwidth measurement upgrades to take anyway? do current measurement sites deploy them in hours instead of days today? -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/26848#comment:6> Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki <https://trac.torproject.org/> The Tor Project: anonymity online
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