Re: RFS: ipt-netflow
В Втр, 05/04/2011 в 20:19 +0200, Arno Töll пишет:
> On 05.04.2011 12:20, Paul Wise wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Alexey Osipov <simba@lerlan.ru> wrote:
> >> As I know, upstream never tried to merge it into mainline.
>
> Perhaps because the home page says:
> # Coded for linux kernels 2.6.18 - 2.6.29.
> # Community support up to 2.6.37.
>
> I don't know this tool, so I can't tell whether this reads "it does not
> build on kernels > 2.6.37" or not.
It compiles and works well on current Sid kernel, so I think that this
is possible to include it into mainline. I will certainly suggest
upstream to give it a try.
The main difficult here might be that there is not just a kernel module,
but also a corresponding iptables shared library module, so it will
require some coordination with netfilter project as well.
> Nonetheless I'm interested to see
> this package in Debian as well (though I have no upload capabilities),
> therefore some suggestions if you don't find a sponsor:
>
> - - /Maybe/ rename the package to "iptables-netflow" or even
> "xtables-netflow", upstream seems to use "ipt-netflow", but the main
> package for Debian is called "iptables" as well, whereas extensions are
> called xtables-* [1]
Seems reasonable. But if existent ipt-netflow users will look for it in
Debian archive they will look for "ipt-netflow" as it refers upstream.
Don't think this is a big deal. If sponsor will have opinion that I need
to change the package name, I will certainly do.
> - - Feel free to contact package maintainers of similar packages directly
> to get an upload. Those could be, but are not limited to maintainers of:
> * xtables-addons [1]
> * iptables [2]
> * flow-tools [3]
> * flowscan [4]
Good tip! Thank you.
Best regards,
Alexey Osipov.
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