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Bug#670176: RFS: kismet/2011.03.R2-1 [ITA]



Package: sponsorship-requests
Severity: normal

Dear mentors,

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

 * Package name    : kismet
 Version         : 2011.03.R2-1
 Upstream Author : Mike Kershaw <dragorn@kismetwireless.net>
 * URL             : http://www.kismetwireless.net/download.shtml
 * License         : GPL/BSD/permissive
 Section         : net

It builds those binary packages:

  kismet     - Wireless sniffing and monitoring - core
 kismet-plugins - Wireless sniffing and monitoring - plugins

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

http://mentors.debian.net/package/kismet


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

  dget -x http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/k/kismet/kismet_2011.03.R2-1.dsc

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


Changes since the last upload:

* New upstream release (Closes: #534884, #558773, #572593, LP: #407972)

* New maintainer
* Updated build dependencies in control file (Closes: #618940)
* The source package is split in two packages
  + Details documented in README.Debian (Closes: #416106)
  + Updated descriptions in control (Closes: #455213, LP: #70015)
* Kismet no longer uses /var/{log,lib} folders. Removed mentions in postrm,
  kismet.dirs
* Kismet allows for suid/priv dropping configured via debconf
  + Available debconf options are speciified in the templates file
  + postrm creates the kismet user group if necessary and postrm removes it
   on package purge
* Replaced su-to-root with gksudo in kismet.menu and kismet.desktop
* Patches
  + Removed gcc-4.3 and wsp100_support patches since they are included
    upstream.
  + 80_fix_gpsmap_bashism: Fixes a bashism in multi-gpsmap example
    (Closes: #530111)
* Removed unnecessary link /etc/others-menu/0000_kismet.desktop
  (Closes: #563264)
* Converted package to CDBS
  + Simplificaton of rules file
  + Specified debhelper version 7 in compat file
  + Added 3.0 (quilt) in source/format
* Added full support for po-debconf
  + config and templates files
  + po/POTFILES.in translation templates
  + biuld dependency to po-debconf
* Added RELEASENOTES.txt in docs
* Updated the watch file
  + URL can now include versions after 2009
  + Mangling in order to use dots instead of dashes in the version
* Copyright file
  + Updated in dep5 format
  + Extended packaging copyright
  + Extended source copyright
* Package maintenance
  - Bumped standars version to 3.9.2 in control
  - Added project homepage in control file


Regards,
 Nick Andrik



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