The deb package does not conform to Debian specs

Current Behavior

At the moment all it seems to do is install hostd into /usr/bin, add a systemd unit file and create a /var/lib/hostd folder.

Expected Behavior

If the guidelines are followed:

• config files should go under /etc, so that includes hostd.yml
• logging should only be under /var/log, so that means either sending log.file to somewhere under /var/log, but then you get no date/timestamp, or suppressing log.file and using log.stdout and then either letting it go to syslog or using an rsyslog configlet to redirect it to its own file (which is my preference)
• if logging to its own file, the log should rotate, so a logrotate configlet would be needed
• something is going to be needed to customise the hostd.yml because of the logging options are not default, or a specific hostd.yml could be packaged with the correct logging options set. This is probably the better option and placeholders could be set for the password and seed to a postinstall script can detect whether to change them or nor.
• I believe ANSI coding should be removed from the logs because it makes the log files look rubbish. At the moment this is my own feeling, but I have not studied the packaging guidelines in detail. To an extent it can be achieved with an rsyslog configlet, but really in needs a coding change which Nate has turned down.
• Some sort of postinstall script could be needed to try to set up a password and wallet in the hostd.yml
• Again for consideration, should a firewall rule be added? The default firewall in Ubuntu is UFW, so you could allow tcp:9981-9984, but you don't enable the firewall in case the user doesn't want it. On Debian, I don't know if it defaults to UFW or iptables. This is perhaps best left alone.
• The service needs to be started after the post-install script.

Oh, and in the service file, After=network.target doesn't really mean anything although it is commonly used. Better would be After=network-online.target.

Steps to Reproduce

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Version

any hostd.deb package

What operating system did the problem occur on (e.g. Ubuntu 22.04, macOS 12.0, Windows 11)?

Ubuntu/Debian

Anything else?

Note that the Ubuntu guidelines seem to be under a rewrite. The Debian Policy Manual can be found at https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/. More info at https://wiki.debian.org/Packaging.

Start by inspecting the hostd.deb package contents, its systemd service file, hostd.yml handling, and any existing packaging scripts against the Debian Policy Manual. The issue spans configuration, logging, rotation, post-install setup, service startup, and possibly firewall behavior; done criteria and scope need maintainer agreement before implementation.