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Details about package webtunnel

Name:	webtunnel
Uploader:	Seyed Mohamad Amin Modaresi <modaresisofthard@proton.me> (Debian QA page)
Description:	webtunnel - Pluggable Transport based on HTTP Upgrade(HTTPT)

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Information

Version:	0.0.2-1
Uploaded:	2025-08-17 13:27
Source package:	webtunnel_0.0.2-1.dsc
Distribution:	unstable
Section:	net
Priority:	optional
Homepage:	https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/webtunnel
Vcs-Browser:	https://salsa.debian.org/amin_modaresi/webtunnel
Vcs-Git:	https://salsa.debian.org/amin_modaresi/webtunnel.git
Closes bugs:	#1111364

Changelog

 webtunnel (0.0.2-1) unstable; urgency=medium
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   * Initial release (Closes: #1111364)

QA information

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Package uses debhelper-compat

Debhelper compatibility level 13

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A watch file is present but doesn't work

Warnings:

In watchfile debian/watch, reading webpage
https://gitlab.com//tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/webtunnel/tags?sort=updated_desc failed: 403 Forbidden

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Package is not native

Format: 3.0 (quilt)
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"Maintainer" email is the same as the uploader
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Package has lintian warnings
webtunnel
- W no-manual-page
  - [usr/bin/webtunnel-client]
  - [usr/bin/webtunnel-server]
- I spelling-error-in-binary
  - wtH with [usr/bin/webtunnel-client]
  - wtH with [usr/bin/webtunnel-server]
- I using-first-person-in-description
  - line 3: our
webtunnel source
- P silent-on-rules-requiring-root
  - [debian/control]
- X debian-watch-does-not-check-openpgp-signature
  - [debian/watch]
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Package closes ITP bug
- webtunnel:
  - #1111364 (Wishlist, ITP): ITP: webtunnel -- Pluggable Transport based on HTTP Upgrade(HTTPT)
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Package is not in Debian

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d/copyright is in DEP5 format

Upstream Contact:	https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/webtunnel/-/issues/new
Licenses:	Expat

Comments

1- Please give me the correct watch file. I can't fix it.

2- I'm not sure that the package gives its dependencies form the internet or from the debian repo.

Needs work Seyed Mohamad Amin Modaresi at Aug. 17, 2025, 1:30 p.m.

Hi!

For the watch file, I would recommend the following:

version=4
opts="searchmode=plain" \
  https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports//@PACKAGE@/tags?sort=updated_desc -/archive/v?\d[\d.]+/@PACKAGE@-@ANY_VERSION@@ARCHIVE_EXT@

It seems that the issue is just due to using gitlab.com rather than gitlab.torproject.org where the package is actually hosted.

Also a few other notes:

You should be able to add "Rules-Requires-Root: no" to your control file.

The description for the webtunnel package should probably be different since "see our community documentation for more details" isn't very useful. I would recommend something involving what the readme says - "WebTunnel is pluggable transport that attempt to imitate web browsing activities based on HTTPT."

For the Section entries I would recommend keeping them consistent by just using Section: net to avoid confusion.

Lastly, it would be good to add a comment in the rules file to state why dh_auto_test is skipped.

Other than that, the build looks fine when I try it locally, and the package installs properly too.

Nice job!

Needs work Lena Voytek at Aug. 17, 2025, 6:54 p.m.

"Rules-Requires-Root: no" is not required anymore according to the recent discussion on the mentors list: https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2025/08/msg00109.html

Alexander Sulfrian at Aug. 18, 2025, 1:06 p.m.

The watch-file is missing a "v?" before @ANY_VERSION@:

  version=4
  opts="searchmode=plain" \
    https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports//@PACKAGE@/tags?sort=updated_desc -/archive/v?\d[\d.]+/@PACKAGE@-v?@ANY_VERSION@@ARCHIVE_EXT@

You can check the watch-file with:

  uscan --verbose --no-download

Needs work Alexander Sulfrian at Aug. 18, 2025, 1:31 p.m.