From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marius Bakke Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add iPerf Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 13:23:09 +0100 Message-ID: <8737js7ck2.fsf@duckhunt.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> References: <20161018180646.48bbb60d@gondolin.arda> <87funt72zf.fsf@duckhunt.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> <20161019020729.6f45c245@gondolin.arda> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37390) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bwptr-0007OK-Q4 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Oct 2016 08:23:19 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bwpto-0003Le-JU for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Oct 2016 08:23:15 -0400 Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:49996) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bwpto-0003La-Fl for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Oct 2016 08:23:12 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20161019020729.6f45c245@gondolin.arda> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Benz Schenk Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Benz Schenk writes: > On Tue, 18 Oct 2016 22:37:40 +0100 > Marius Bakke wrote: > >> Benz Schenk writes: >> >> > Hi >> > >> > This is my first patch, it's really straight-forward. >> > But I'm not quite sure about the naming because there's iperf, iperf2 >> > and iperf3 which are different projects. The original iperf is >> > abandoned and iperf2 is backwards compatible and still gets bug fixes >> > and iperf3, which this patch is for, is in active development and adds a >> > lot of new features but also lacks some of the options of previous >> > versions. Thus it's often referred to as iperf3, which is also the name >> > of the binary, so I'm not sure wheter the package should better be >> > called iperf3 or iperf. >> >> Hi Benz, >> >> Thanks for this patch! I think naming it "iperf" is fine, even though >> the binary and manual is called iperf3. If we need iperf2 later it can >> be packaged as "iperf@2". >> >> I'm not sure about the home page: the manual and github page both list >> http://software.es.net/iperf/ as the home. What is the relation between >> iperf.fr and this project? Should we not go with the official source? >> >> Other than that I'd like to make the following modifications. This can >> be done before pushing, no need to send an updated patch: >> >> * Change synopsis to "TCP, UDP and SCTP bandwidth measurement tool". >> * Update license to match what's in the LICENSE file. >> * Fix minor typos in the description (bandwith->bandwidth). >> * Change commit message to match our current convention. >> * Download the tarball from http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/ >> >> Are you okay with these changes (including the home page)? >> >> Thanks again, and welcome! :) > > Sure thing, I just need the software for uni and got this homepage from > my advisor. Thanks for clarifying. I've tested this and pushed it with the mentioned changes as b747718e230eba267ae158d03d506527bfe1a67a !