update status of alternatives

howto/benchmark.md

@@ -107,6 +107,15 @@ actually *more* than 1000Mbit/s (1158.32Mbit/s). Sometimes the above
 benchmark even gives 152MB/s (1222Mbit/s), way beyond what a regular
 GigE link should be able to provide.
 
+## wrk
+
+Note that wrk works similarly to `bombardier`, sampled above, and has
+the advantage of being already packaged in Debian. Simple cheat sheet:
+
+    sudo apt install wrk
+    echo "10.0.0.0 target.example.com" >> /etc/hosts
+    wrk --latency -c 100 --duration 2m https://target.example.com/
+
 ## Other tools
 
 Siege has trouble going above ~100 concurrent clients because of its
@@ -116,20 +125,19 @@ limited, here's a set of interesting alternatives:
  * [ali](https://github.com/nakabonne/ali) - golang, HTTP/2, real-time graph, duration, not in
    Debian, mouse support, unsearchable name
  * [bombardier](https://github.com/codesenberg/bombardier) - golang, HTTP/2, better performance than siege in
-   my (2017) tests, not in debian
+   my (2017) tests, not in Debian ([RFP](https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=943733))
  * [boom](https://github.com/tarekziade/boom) - python rewrite of apachebench, supports duration,
-   HTTP/2, not in debian, unsearchable name
+   HTTP/2, not in Debian, unsearchable name
  * [go-wrk](https://github.com/adjust/go-wrk/) - golang rewrite of wrk with HTTPS, had performance
    issues in my first tests (2017), [no duration target](https://github.com/adjust/go-wrk/issues/2), not in
    Debian
  * [hey](https://github.com/rakyll/hey) - golang rewrite of apachebench, similar to boom, not in
    debian ([ITP #943596](https://bugs.debian.org/943596)), unsearchable name
  * [Jmeter](https://jmeter.apache.org/) - interactive behavior, can replay recorded sessions
-   from browsers
+   from browsers, in Debian
  * [k6.io](https://k6.io/) - commandline JMeter replacement with accompanied
    "cloud" Software-as-a-service
  * [Locust](https://locust.io/) - distributed, can model login and interactive
-   behavior, not in Debian
- * [Tsung](http://tsung.erlang-projects.org/1/01/about/) - multi-protocol, distributed, erlang
- * [wrk](https://github.com/wg/wrk/) - multithreaded, epoll, Lua scriptable, no HTTPS, only in
-   Debian unstable
+   behavior, not in Debian ([ITP](http://bugs.debian.org/982508))
+ * [Tsung](http://tsung.erlang-projects.org/1/01/about/) - multi-protocol, distributed, erlang, in Debian
+ * [wrk](https://github.com/wg/wrk/) - multithreaded, epoll, Lua scriptable, in Debian