Bug 1431300 - Review Request: python-dodgy - Searches for dodgy looking lines in Python code
Summary: Review Request: python-dodgy - Searches for dodgy looking lines in Python code
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: Package Review
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Richard Kellner
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-03-11 00:03 UTC by Orion Poplawski
Modified: 2017-12-05 18:36 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2017-12-05 18:36:14 UTC
Type: Bug
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)

Description Orion Poplawski 2017-03-11 00:03:55 UTC
Spec URL: https://www.cora.nwra.com/~orion/fedora/python-dodgy.spec
SRPM URL: https://www.cora.nwra.com/~orion/fedora/python-dodgy-0.1.9-1.el7.src.rpm
Description:
Dodgy is a very basic tool to run against your codebase to search for "dodgy"
looking values. It is a series of simple regular expressions designed to
detect things such as accidental SCM diff checkins, or passwords or secret
keys hard coded into files.

While this is primarily aimed at open source projects (for whom a publicly
available secret key is pretty dangerous), it can also be used in private
projects, with the caveat that it will point out things which are not a
problem for private projects and is not configurable enough currently to
change that.

Another note - this tool is probably best run pre-commit, since it will
hopefully prevent dodgy things being checked in.

Fedora Account System Username: orion

https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=18309627

Comment 1 Richard Kellner 2017-08-26 19:57:45 UTC
I will do a review of your package, but the review will not be official, as I am not sponsored yet.

Comment 2 Miro Hrončok 2017-08-27 17:42:54 UTC
I'm working on sponsoring Richard and I asked him to do some non official reviews.

Comment 3 Richard Kellner 2017-08-31 12:03:42 UTC
I went through the spec and build and have noticed several things, that should be addressed. 

I have reported one issue and one comment in upstream at GitHub repo:

* If I execute dodgy in root (eg. dir without python files) I got an exception: https://github.com/landscapeio/dodgy/issues/10
* Package does not have any --help or another method to help user understand, how to use it: https://github.com/landscapeio/dodgy/issues/5

This is not related to packaging, but I think problems mentioned above should be addressed before it is released as a Fedora package. My other question is if the package is still under active development as GitHub repo has not been updated about a year and a half.

Regarding packaging issues, I think rpmlint (spelling errors) warnings should be fixed, as it is super easy to do so.

There are executable scripts in bin for both python2 and python3. According to packaging guidelines executables provide the same functionality independent of whether they are run on top of Python 2 or Python 3, then only the Python 3 version of the executable should be packaged. And it seems this is the case for this package as well.



Package Review
==============

Legend:
[x] = Pass, [!] = Fail, [-] = Not applicable, [?] = Not evaluated
[ ] = Manual review needed



===== MUST items =====

Generic:
[x]: Package is licensed with an open-source compatible license and meets
     other legal requirements as defined in the legal section of Packaging
     Guidelines.
[x]: License field in the package spec file matches the actual license.
[x]: License file installed when any subpackage combination is installed.
[x]: Package contains no bundled libraries without FPC exception.
[x]: Changelog in prescribed format.
[x]: Sources contain only permissible code or content.
[-]: Package contains desktop file if it is a GUI application.
[-]: Development files must be in a -devel package
[x]: Package uses nothing in %doc for runtime.
[x]: Package consistently uses macros (instead of hard-coded directory
     names).
[x]: Package is named according to the Package Naming Guidelines.
[x]: Package does not generate any conflict.
[x]: Package obeys FHS, except libexecdir and /usr/target.
[-]: If the package is a rename of another package, proper Obsoletes and
     Provides are present.
[x]: Requires correct, justified where necessary.
[x]: Spec file is legible and written in American English.
[-]: Package contains systemd file(s) if in need.
[x]: Package is not known to require an ExcludeArch tag.
[-]: Large documentation must go in a -doc subpackage. Large could be size
     (~1MB) or number of files.
     Note: Documentation size is 20480 bytes in 2 files.
[x]: Package complies to the Packaging Guidelines
[x]: Package successfully compiles and builds into binary rpms on at least
     one supported primary architecture.
[x]: Package installs properly.
[x]: Rpmlint is run on all rpms the build produces.
     Note: There are rpmlint messages (see attachment).
[x]: If (and only if) the source package includes the text of the
     license(s) in its own file, then that file, containing the text of the
     license(s) for the package is included in %license.
[x]: Package requires other packages for directories it uses.
[x]: Package must own all directories that it creates.
[x]: Package does not own files or directories owned by other packages.
[x]: All build dependencies are listed in BuildRequires, except for any
     that are listed in the exceptions section of Packaging Guidelines.
[x]: Package uses either %{buildroot} or $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
[x]: Package does not run rm -rf %{buildroot} (or $RPM_BUILD_ROOT) at the
     beginning of %install.
[x]: Macros in Summary, %description expandable at SRPM build time.
[x]: Dist tag is present.
[x]: Package does not contain duplicates in %files.
[x]: Permissions on files are set properly.
[x]: Package use %makeinstall only when make install DESTDIR=... doesn't
     work.
[x]: Package is named using only allowed ASCII characters.
[x]: Package does not use a name that already exists.
[x]: Package is not relocatable.
[x]: Sources used to build the package match the upstream source, as
     provided in the spec URL.
[x]: Spec file name must match the spec package %{name}, in the format
     %{name}.spec.
[x]: File names are valid UTF-8.
[x]: Packages must not store files under /srv, /opt or /usr/local

Python:
[x]: Python eggs must not download any dependencies during the build
     process.
[-]: A package which is used by another package via an egg interface should
     provide egg info.
[!]: Package meets the Packaging Guidelines::Python
     Note: see comment about executable scripts at the top.
[x]: Package contains BR: python2-devel or python3-devel
[x]: Binary eggs must be removed in %prep

===== SHOULD items =====

Generic:
[-]: If the source package does not include license text(s) as a separate
     file from upstream, the packager SHOULD query upstream to include it.
[x]: Final provides and requires are sane (see attachments).
[-]: Fully versioned dependency in subpackages if applicable.
     Note: No Requires: %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release} in
     python2-dodgy , python3-dodgy
[x]: Package functions as described.
[x]: Latest version is packaged.
[x]: Package does not include license text files separate from upstream.
[-]: Description and summary sections in the package spec file contains
     translations for supported Non-English languages, if available.
[x]: Package should compile and build into binary rpms on all supported
     architectures.
[x]: %check is present and all tests pass.
[?]: Packages should try to preserve timestamps of original installed
     files.
[x]: Reviewer should test that the package builds in mock.
[x]: Buildroot is not present
[x]: Package has no %clean section with rm -rf %{buildroot} (or
     $RPM_BUILD_ROOT)
[x]: No file requires outside of /etc, /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin.
[x]: Packager, Vendor, PreReq, Copyright tags should not be in spec file
[x]: Sources can be downloaded from URI in Source: tag
[x]: SourceX is a working URL.
[x]: Spec use %global instead of %define unless justified.

===== EXTRA items =====

Generic:
[x]: Rpmlint is run on all installed packages.
     Note: There are rpmlint messages (see attachment).
[x]: Spec file according to URL is the same as in SRPM.


Rpmlint
-------
Checking: python2-dodgy-0.1.9-1.fc26.noarch.rpm
          python3-dodgy-0.1.9-1.fc26.noarch.rpm
          python-dodgy-0.1.9-1.fc26.src.rpm
python2-dodgy.noarch: W: spelling-error %description -l en_US codebase -> co debase, co-debase, code base
python2-dodgy.noarch: W: spelling-error %description -l en_US checkins -> chickens, checking, check ins
python2-dodgy.noarch: W: spelling-error %description -l en_US pre -> per, ore, pee
python2-dodgy.noarch: W: no-manual-page-for-binary dodgy
python3-dodgy.noarch: W: spelling-error %description -l en_US codebase -> co debase, co-debase, code base
python3-dodgy.noarch: W: spelling-error %description -l en_US checkins -> chickens, checking, check ins
python3-dodgy.noarch: W: spelling-error %description -l en_US pre -> per, ore, pee
python3-dodgy.noarch: W: no-manual-page-for-binary dodgy-3.6
python-dodgy.src: W: spelling-error %description -l en_US codebase -> co debase, co-debase, code base
python-dodgy.src: W: spelling-error %description -l en_US checkins -> chickens, checking, check ins
python-dodgy.src: W: spelling-error %description -l en_US pre -> per, ore, pee
3 packages and 0 specfiles checked; 0 errors, 11 warnings.




Rpmlint (installed packages)
----------------------------
python2-dodgy.noarch: W: spelling-error %description -l en_US codebase -> co debase, co-debase, code base
python2-dodgy.noarch: W: spelling-error %description -l en_US checkins -> chickens, checking, check ins
python2-dodgy.noarch: W: spelling-error %description -l en_US pre -> per, ore, pee
python2-dodgy.noarch: W: no-manual-page-for-binary dodgy
python3-dodgy.noarch: W: spelling-error %description -l en_US codebase -> co debase, co-debase, code base
python3-dodgy.noarch: W: spelling-error %description -l en_US checkins -> chickens, checking, check ins
python3-dodgy.noarch: W: spelling-error %description -l en_US pre -> per, ore, pee
python3-dodgy.noarch: W: no-manual-page-for-binary dodgy-3.6
2 packages and 0 specfiles checked; 0 errors, 8 warnings.



Requires
--------
python2-dodgy (rpmlib, GLIBC filtered):
    /usr/bin/python2
    python(abi)

python3-dodgy (rpmlib, GLIBC filtered):
    /usr/bin/python3
    python(abi)



Provides
--------
python2-dodgy:
    python-dodgy
    python2-dodgy
    python2.7dist(dodgy)
    python2dist(dodgy)

python3-dodgy:
    python3-dodgy
    python3.6dist(dodgy)
    python3dist(dodgy)



Source checksums
----------------
https://github.com/landscapeio/dodgy/archive/0.1.9/python-dodgy-0.1.9.tar.gz :
  CHECKSUM(SHA256) this package     : ff0c6be663ffd27097b642a3cb13ab755e68c31a4cc8f9f8e4ea205e02481d6f
  CHECKSUM(SHA256) upstream package : ff0c6be663ffd27097b642a3cb13ab755e68c31a4cc8f9f8e4ea205e02481d6f

Comment 4 Miro Hrončok 2017-08-31 12:14:32 UTC
(In reply to Richard Kellner from comment #3)
> Regarding packaging issues, I think rpmlint (spelling errors) warnings
> should be fixed, as it is super easy to do so.

I find those spelling errors not really errors, but rather the spellchecker too dumb.

Comment 5 Miro Hrončok 2017-08-31 12:19:14 UTC
Also, Orion, could you please BuildRequire python2-* where applicable?

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Python#Dependencies

BuildRequires:  python2-setuptools
BuildRequires:  python2-pytest

You use %{python3_pkgversion}, so i guess you intend to use this on EPEL as well, so maybe conditionalize it if necessary.

Comment 6 Miro Hrončok 2017-09-01 21:06:27 UTC
I've juts sponsored Richard.

Comment 7 Orion Poplawski 2017-12-05 02:49:51 UTC
Spec URL: https://www.cora.nwra.com/~orion/fedora/python-dodgy.spec
SRPM URL: https://www.cora.nwra.com/~orion/fedora/python-dodgy-0.1.9-2.el7.src.rpm

* Mon Dec 4 2017 Orion Poplawski <orion.com> - 0.1.9-2
- Only ship one version of dodgy binary
- Use python2- BRs where possible

Although I'm fine with dropping this since it appears that this might not be real dependency of anything like I thought it was.

Comment 8 Miro Hrončok 2017-12-05 09:24:25 UTC
(In reply to Orion Poplawski from comment #7)
> Although I'm fine with dropping this since it appears that this might not be
> real dependency of anything like I thought it was.

Dodgy upstream:

 * "This is a very early version with minimal functionality right now, but will be improved over time." (README)
 * last commit 2 years ago
 * Looking at the code, it literally  just checks if certain strings are in your code, such as "password", "secret", "<<<<<<<", "ssh_rsa_private_key".

I don't think packaging this would bring Fedora much benefit.


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