| 2016-11-28 17:33:59 |
Joshua Powers |
description |
[Availability]
The package is currently in universe with no deltas with Debian. The s390x version in Debian is a +b1 the change log notes that it was a binary-only upload with no source changes to rebuild against glibc (>= 2.19-9).
[Rationale]
nicstat prints network traffic statistics and is useful in understanding when network traffic is occurring, what interfaces are doing what, and how much traffic is occurring. It is a great general utility for determining network related issues as well.
[1] https://blogs.oracle.com/timc/entry/nicstat_the_solaris_and_linux
[Security]
There are no previous or active CVEs against the package.
The package consists of a single binary that exists in /usr/bin
[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.
There are a 1 bugs in the Ubuntu bug tracker [4] and 0 in the Debian bug tacker [5]. The lone issue is not related to data corruption, system crashing, or some other catastrophic issue.
[3] https://sources.debian.net/src/nicstat/1.95-1/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 libc6 is satisfied in main.
Build dependencies debhelper is satisfied 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. |
[Availability]
The package is currently in universe with no deltas with Debian. The s390x version in Debian is a +b1 the change log notes that it was a binary-only upload with no source changes to rebuild against glibc (>= 2.19-9).
[Rationale]
The Ubuntu Server team wishes to seed the package in ubuntu-server image.
nicstat prints network traffic statistics and is useful in understanding when network traffic is occurring, what interfaces are doing what, and how much traffic is occurring. It is a great general utility for determining network related issues as well.
[1] https://blogs.oracle.com/timc/entry/nicstat_the_solaris_and_linux
[Security]
There are no previous or active CVEs against the package.
The package consists of a single binary that exists in /usr/bin
[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.
There are a 1 bugs in the Ubuntu bug tracker [4] and 0 in the Debian bug tacker [5]. The lone issue is not related to data corruption, system crashing, or some other catastrophic issue.
[3] https://sources.debian.net/src/nicstat/1.95-1/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 libc6 is satisfied in main.
Build dependencies debhelper is satisfied 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. |
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