Public bug reported: [Availability] The package is currently in universe with no deltas with Debian.
[Rationale] iotop [1] is a Python program with a UI similar to the "top" utility. The program watches input-output (I/O) usage information output by the Linux kernel and displays a table of current I/O usage by processes on the system. It is used in debugging a system or understanding how a particular process is getting hung up in I/O related tasks versus CPU or memory bound issues. [1] http://guichaz.free.fr/iotop/ [Security] There are no previous or active CVEs against the package. The program is required to be run as root due to CVE-2011-2494 [2] causing I/O statistics from the taskstats kernel subsystem to be accessible only to root users. The result is the primary binary lives in /usr/sbin [2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/iotop/+bug/879767 [Quality assurance] There is no configuration required and no debconf questions asked by the package. The package currently is built and ran across all release architectures. The package does have a debian/watch file [3]. There are a 8 bugs in the Ubuntu bug tracker [4] and 3 in the Debian bug tacker [5]. None of which are related to data corruption, system crashing, or other catastrophic issues. [3] https://sources.debian.net/src/iotop/0.6-2/debian/watch/ [4] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/iotop [5] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?repeatmerged=no&src=iotop [Dependencies] Run time dependency python3 is satisfied in main. Build dependencies debhelper, dh-python,and python3 are also in main. [Standards compliance] The package does not report any lintian issues. [Maintenance] We can continue to keep this package synced directly with Debian. It is not a volatile package with many changes coming. [Background information] The general purpose and context of the package is explained in the package's debian/control file. This package has not had a different name in the past. ** Affects: iotop (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1644368 Title: [MIR] iotop To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/iotop/+bug/1644368/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
