Bug#1076664: RFS: netplug/1.2.9.2-5 [RC] -- network link monitor daemon
Hello, sorry, but I currently do not have time to start fixing others
issues. I focused on the issue which Vincent reported that recent
iproute2 package upgrade completely broke the netplug package.
On Sunday 21 July 2024 13:00:59 Phil Wyett wrote:
> Control: tags -1 + moreinfo
>
> Pali,
>
> Preamble...
>
> Thank you for taking the time to create this package and your contribution
> to the Debian project.
>
> The review below is for assistance. This review is offered to help
> package submitters to Debian mentors inorder to improve their packages
> prior to possible sponsorship into Debian. There is no obligation on behalf
> of the submitter to make any alterations based upon information provided
> in the review.
>
> Review...
>
> 1. Build[1]: Good
>
> 2. Lintian[2]: Issue
>
> E: netplug: depends-on-obsolete-package Depends: lsb-base (>= 3.2-14)
> N:
> N: The package depends on a package that has been superseded. If the
> N: superseded package is part of an ORed group, it should not be the first
> N: package in the group.
> N:
> N: Visibility: error
> N: Show-Always: no
> N: Check: fields/package-relations
>
> I: netplug source: debian-watch-uses-insecure-uri
> http://www.red-bean.com/~bos/netplug/netplug-(.*)\.tar\.bz2 [debian/watch:5]
> N:
> N: The watch file uses an unencrypted transport protocol for the URI such
> as
> N: http:// or ftp://. It is recommended to use a secure transport such as
> N: HTTPS for anonymous read-only access.
> N:
> N: Upstream may already provide a HTTPS variant of the URI. If not, please
> N: contact them and ask them to consider adding one.
> N:
> N: Visibility: info
> N: Show-Always: no
> N: Check: debian/watch
>
> I: netplug source: older-debian-watch-file-standard 3 [debian/watch]
> N:
> N: The version= line in the debian/watch file in this package declares an
> N: older version. Please upgrade when you have a chance.
> N:
> N: Please refer to the uscan(1) manual page for details.
> N:
> N: Visibility: info
> N: Show-Always: no
> N: Check: debian/watch/standard
>
> 3. Licenses (lrc[3]): Issue
>
> 'netplug.spec' needs the 'License' field changing to the correct GPL-2.
>
> 4. Watch file (uscan --force-download): Good
>
> 5. Build Twice (sudo pbuilder build --twice <package>.dsc): Good
>
> 6. Reproducible builds (reporotest)[3]: Good
>
> 7. Install (No previous installs): Good
>
> 8. Upgrade (Over previous installs if any): Good
>
> Additional...
>
> A. Update 'Standards-Version' in 'debian/control' to latest Debian policy
> version i.e. 4.7.0[5].
>
> Summary...
>
> I believe netplug is not yet ready for sponsorship/upload. Could the
> contributor rectify one of more of the rasied issues. Once updated to your
> satisfaction and a new upload done, please remove the 'moreinfo' on the
> Request For Sponsorship (RFS) bug report.
>
> Regards
>
> Phil
>
> [1] Using:
> * pbuilder - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PbuilderHowto.
> * https://wiki.debian.org/PbuilderTricks
> and
> * sbuild - https://wiki.debian.org/sbuild.
>
> [2] Command: lintian -v -i -I -E --pedantic --profile debian (*.dsc,
> *.changes, *.buildinfo). Each can throw up different, so be thorough.
>
> [3] 'lrc' from 'licenserecon' is located in Debian testing and newer.
>
> [4] https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds/Howto#Newer_method
>
> [5] https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/
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