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   From: kvanhees@gmail.com   
      
   Package: wnpp   
   Severity: wishlist   
   Owner: Kris Van Hees    
   X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org   
      
   * Package name    : dtrace   
     Version         : 2.0.5   
     Upstream Author : Kris Van Hees    
   * URL             : https://github.com/oracle/dtrace-utils   
   * License         : UPL   
     Programming Lang: C   
     Description     : Dynamic tracing for Linux (DTrace)   
      
   This is the official Linux port of the advanced tracing tool DTrace.   
      
   DTrace is a high-level dynamic tracing tool for Linux, built on kernel   
   tracing features (tracepoints, function probes (fentry/fexit), dynamic   
   kernel probes (kprobes), dynamic userspace probes (uprobes), ... and   
   leveraging BPF as execution engine.  It features an integrated compiler   
   for its high-level tracing language and native support for interacting   
   with the BPF engine, significantly reducing runtime dependencies.   
      
   DTrace has been a well known tracing tool for many years, but has not been   
   available on Linux (in general).  Making it available as a package in Debian   
   is a benefit to users who have prior experience with it, and it also provides   
   a stable trcing tool to new users.  Tools like bpftrace and systemtap offer   
   similar functionality, but the difference in runtime dependency demands affect   
   which tool is better suited for a particular sitution (e.g. deployment on   
   restricted production servers).   
      
   I intend to maintain the package in sync with upstream development.  I did the   
   packaging work, and it is available at the upstream source repository:   
   https://github.com/oracle/dtrace-utils/tree/dev-debian   
      
   I am looking for sponsors.   
      
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