Bug#791813: RFS: ipband/0.8.1-4
Control: tag -1 + moreinfo
On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 9:41 AM, Mats Erik Andersson
<mats.andersson@gisladisker.se> wrote:
> Package: sponsorship-requests
> Severity: normal
>
> Dear mentors,
>
> I am looking for a sponsor of my package "ipband":
>
> Package name : ipband
> Version : 0.8.1-4
> Upstream Author : Andrew Nevynniy <anevynni@russelmetals.com>
> URL : http://ipband.sourceforge.net/
> License : GPL-2
> Section : net
> Priority : optional
>
> It builds a single binary package:
>
> ipband -- daemon for subnet bandwidth monitoring with reporting via email
>
> Package information about this proposal is available at
>
> http://mentors.debian.net/package/ipband
>
> The package can be downloaded with dget, using a simple invocation:
>
> dget -x http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/i/ipband/ipband_0.8.1-4.dsc
>
> Changes since last upload are:
>
> * Updating to Standards 3.9.6, compatibility 9.
> * debian/control: Build depends on debhelper (>= 9).
> * debian/compat: Updated.
> * Hardening of executables.
> + debian/patches/01_fix_makefile.diff: Renamed and updated.
> + debian/rules: Set and export CFLAGS, CPPFLAGS, and LDFLAGS.
> * Replace the date macro to achieve reproducible builds.
> + debian/patches/05_reproducible_timestamp.diff: New file.
> + debian/rules: Update CPPFLAGS.
> * Set formal user 'ipband' as origin of mail message.
> + debian/patches/04_check_mailer_strings.diff: Updated.
> * [lintian] Source the LSB collection of init-functions.
> + debian/ipband.init: Updated.
A portion of utils.c (starting from line 176) seems to originate from
glibc and is thus copyrighted by the FSF; this should be mentioned in
d/copyright. You may also want to consider updating d/copyright to use
DEP-5 [1] while you're at it.
Regards,
Vincent
[1] https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
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