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Review: grout 0.16.0-1

Package Information

DescriptionGraph router based on DPDK

grout stands for Graph Router. In English, "grout" refers to thin mortar that hardens to fill gaps between tiles.

grout is a DPDK based network processing application. It uses the rte_graph library for data path processing.

Its main purpose is to simulate a network function or a physical router for testing/replicating real (usually closed source) VNF/CNF behavior with an opensource tool.

It comes with a client library to configure it over a standard UNIX socket and a CLI that uses that library. The CLI can be used as an interactive shell, but also in scripts one command at a time, or by batches.

MaintainerRobin Jarry <robin@jarry.cc>
Changed ByRobin Jarry <robin@jarry.cc>
Sponsorskitt@debian.org
Distributionunstable
Architecturelinux-any all
VCSgit: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/grout.git (browse)
Closes#1139685
Trackerhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/grout
Uploaded4 days ago

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.changes
Changed-ByRobin Jarry
Architecturesource amd64 all
Distributionunstable
DateThu, 11 Jun 2026 07:32:02 +0000
Sourcegrout
Version0.16.0-1
Changelog
grout (0.16.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Initial packaging (Closes: #1139685)
.dsc
Sectionnet
Priorityoptional
Componentmain
Package-Listgrout deb net optional arch=linux-any
grout-headers deb net optional arch=all
debian/copyright
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Upstream-Name: grout
Upstream-Contact: Robin Jarry <rjarry@redhat.com>
Source: https://github.com/DPDK/grout

Files: *
Copyright: 2023-2026 Robin Jarry
           2024-2026 Christophe Fontaine
           2025 Anthony Harivel
           2025 Olivier Gournet
           2025-2026 Maxime Leroy, Free Mobile
License: BSD-3-Clause

Files: api/gr_clock.h
Copyright: 2025 Robin Jarry
           2026 SmartShare Systems
License: BSD-3-Clause

Files: cli/dump.* docs/gen-man.py
Copyright: 2025 Abhiram R N
License: BSD-3-Clause

Files: docs/logo.svg docs/logo-white.svg
Copyright: 2024 Robin Jarry
License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
Comment:
 The SVG files contain RDF metadata with a dc:rights field stating "All rights
 reserved". This is a default artifact from Inkscape's metadata template and
 does not reflect the actual licensing intent. The cc:license element in the
 same metadata explicitly references CC-BY-SA-4.0, which is the intended
 license. Confirmed with upstream author.

Files: frr/*
Copyright: 2024-2025 Christophe Fontaine, Red Hat
           2025 Maxime Leroy, Free Mobile
           2023-2026 Robin Jarry
License: GPL-2.0-or-later

Files: main/sd_notify.c
Copyright: 2024 Robin Jarry
License: MIT-0

Files: main/sys_queue.h
Copyright: 1991, 1993 The Regents of the University of California
           2023 Robin Jarry
License: BSD-3-Clause

Files: main/unix.*
Copyright: 2026 Matej Mužila
License: BSD-3-Clause

Files: meson_options.txt
Copyright: 2024 Vincent Jardin
License: BSD-3-Clause

Files: modules/infra/cli/mac.c smoke/iface_mac_test.sh
Copyright: 2026 David Marchand
License: BSD-3-Clause

Files: smoke/bgp_frr_test.sh
Copyright: 2025 Andrea Panattoni
License: BSD-3-Clause

License: BSD-3-Clause
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
 .
 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
    this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 .
 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
    this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
    and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
 .
 3. Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its contributors
    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
    without specific prior written permission.
 .
 THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
 AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
 IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
 ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
 LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
 CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
 SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
 INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
 CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
 ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 (at your option) any later version.
 .
 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 GNU General Public License for more details.
 .
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 .
 On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
 version 2 can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2.

License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
 On Debian systems, the complete text of the Creative Commons
 Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license can be found in
 /usr/share/common-licenses/CC-BY-SA-4.0.

License: MIT-0
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
 to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
 copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
 furnished to do so.
 .
 THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
 IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
 FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
 AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
 LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 SOFTWARE.

Review Information

accepted — allocated to siretart 4 days ago, started 4 days ago, completed 4 days ago.

Final Comment

Thanks for your diligence on this package. It's great to see that all the
issues from the previous review have been addressed. The copyright file is now
in much better shape. I did notice one small detail that could use a touch-up.

The file main/sd_notify.c carries dual SPDX license headers: BSD-3-Clause
(line 1) and MIT-0 (line 7). The current debian/copyright stanza for this
file only lists MIT-0. To be fully accurate, it should reflect both licenses,
perhaps as BSD-3-Clause OR MIT-0. Please fix that in the next upload.

-rt

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0.16.0-1 66a9143f… 2026-06-20 00:49 2026-06-20 01:01 siretart rejected VIEW

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