** Description changed: Note: I know it is the template so far, but after the discussions at the sprint I want something we can start working on together. Background: after evaluation it was considered easier to maintain to provide a good and secure ntp experience as well as some people asking me if it could be preferred. --- MIR --- 1. Availability: The package is Ubuntu universe and builds for the architectures it is designed to work on. 2. Rationale: NTP in general is needed quite a lot, but we want to exchange ntpd which is the current implementation in main with chrony for 18.04. 3. Security: In fact the request came in by security Team, so I guess I call this section done -- EVERYTHING BELOW TBD FOR NOW -- - Quality assurance: + 3. Quality assurance + 3.1 configuration ease - works after installation + 3.2 no high prio debconf + 3.3 usability (no major issues in Debian nor Ubuntu) + asked Paul in regard to the ntp charm in comment #5 + 3.4 long-term >=high bugs (none in Debian nor Ubuntu) + 3.5 Debian/Ubuntu bugs look reasonable maintained + 3.6 does not deal with hard to support exotic hardware (other than ntpd + btw). If used this can be done through universe package GPSD (no + dependency) + 3.7 Test suite runs on build (some skipped if not env applicable) + 3.8 debian/watch exists + 3.9 not depending on obsoleted packages - After installing the package it must be possible to make it working with a reasonable effort of configuration and documentation reading. - The package must not ask debconf questions higher than medium if it is going to be installed by default. The debconf questions must have reasonable defaults. - There are no long-term outstanding bugs which affect the usability of the program to a major degree. To support a package, we must be reasonably convinced that upstream supports and cares for the package. - The status of important bugs in Debian's, Ubuntu's, and upstream's bug tracking systems must be evaluated. Important bugs must be pointed out and discussed in the MIR report. - The package is maintained well in Debian/Ubuntu (check out the Debian PTS) - The package should not deal with exotic hardware which we cannot support. - If the package ships a test suite, and there is no obvious reason why it cannot work during build (e. g. it needs root privileges or network access), it should be run during package build, and a failing test suite should fail the build. - The package uses a debian/watch file whenever possible. In cases where this is not possible (e. g. native packages), the package should either provide a debian/README.source file or a debian/watch file (with comments only) providing clear instructions on how to generate the source tar file. - The package should not rely on obsolete or about to be demoted packages. That currently includes package dependencies on Python2 (without providing Python3 packages), and packages depending on GTK2. - UI standards: (generally only for user-facing applications) + 4.1 It does not face graphical UI + 4.2 It is unfortunately not internationalized as far as I could see in the source - End-user applications must be internationalized (translatable), using the standard intltool/gettext build and runtime system and produce a proper PO template during build. - End-user applications must ship a standard conformant desktop file. - Dependencies: + 5. Dependencies - there is one not in main libtomcrypt + We don't want it in main either, instead we want to fix bug 1744328 and then use libnss which is in main already. - All binary dependencies (including Recommends:) must be satisfiable in - main (i. e. the preferred alternative must be in main). If not, these - dependencies need a separate MIR report (this can be a separate bug or - another task on the main MIR bug) + 6. Not found major Policy or FSH violations that would have to be fixed. - Standards compliance: The package should meet the FHS and Debian Policy - standards. Major violations should be documented and justified. Also, - the source packaging should be reasonably easy to understand and - maintain. + 7. Maintenance + 7.1 Upstream - is maintained well (and better than ntpd it seems + according to some discussisons) + 7.2 Ubuntu - Owning Team would be Ubuntu (in exchange to drop ntp) - Maintenance: The package must have an acceptable level of maintenance - corresponding to its complexity: - - All packages must have a designated "owning" team, regardless of complexity, which is set as a package bug contact. - Simple packages (e.g. language bindings, simple Perl modules, small command-line programs, etc.) might not need very much maintenance effort, and if they are maintained well in Debian we can just keep them synced - More complex packages will usually need a developer or team of developers paying attention to their bugs, whether that be in Ubuntu or elsewhere (often Debian). Packages that deliver major new headline features in Ubuntu need to have commitment from Ubuntu developers willing to spend substantial time on them. - Background information: - - The package descriptions should explain the general purpose and context of the package. Additional explanations/justifications should be done in the MIR report. - If the package was renamed recently, or has a different upstream name, this needs to be explained in the MIR report. + 8. Background information: + Fulfills the same role as ntp, yet according to the security Team would + be preferred for them. --- Affected Packages --- + I'll add all those as bug tasks. + Once the MIR has passed the state of uncertainty (e.g. would it be blocked by one of the dependent bug being not doable at all) then please work on these into 18.04. Here a list what is affected in the listed packages: + Maas - needs to change dependencies and maybe template cloud-init - needs to support writing ntp config to chrony instead of ntpd - ceph-base - change recommends from ntpd to chrony (it only intends to get good time, so that should be ok) - seeds - remove seeding of ntp - chrony - MIR itself (not pre-install, but pull it into supported) - chrony - add default enabled apparmor profile + ceph-base - change recommends from ntpd to chrony (it only intends to get good time and doesn't care via which dameon that is, so that should be ok to be change) + ntp charm - switch to chrony for >=18.04 + chrony - MIR itself (discussion here and eventually seeding) + + --- Depending on further Bugs --- + In my initial evaluation I uncovered (and filed) a set of bugs that I consider requirement to make it fully ready: + Reminder - tracking state here might be out of sync, I'll only change them to Done once complete and not care about interim status changes. + + OPEN - bug 1718227 - convert ifup hooks to networkd compatible hooks + OPEN - bug 1744662 - add chrony apparmor profile + OPEN - bug 1744328 - make src:libnss libfreebl3 usable by other programs + OPEN - bug 1744664 - use Ubuntu time servers
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