Main Inclusion Report for python-libvirt

Requirements

1. Availability: [http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libv/libvirt/libvirt_0.4.0-2ubuntu7.dsc]; available for amd64 i386

2. Rationale:

   • Runtime dependency of virt-manager

3. Security:

   • [http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=python-libvirt CVE entries]: none

   • [http://secunia.com/search/?search=python-libvirt Secunia history]: none

   • No binaries running as root or suid/sgid and no daemons
   • Network activity: Not opening more ports than libvirt does (already in main)
   • Does not directly process binary (video, audio, etc) or structured (PDF, etc) data
   • Any source code review performed: No

4. Quality assurance:

   • In what situations does the package not work out of the box without configuration : none that I know of
   • Does the package ask any debconf questions higher than priority 'medium' ?

   • [http://bugs.debian.org/src:python-libvirt Debian bugs]: None

   • [http://packages.qa.debian.org/libv/libvirt.html Maintenance in Debian] is vigorous

   • [http://libvirt.org/ChangeLog.html Upstream] is vigorous

   • [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?component=libvirt&component=libvirt-devel&component=libvirt-python&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=INVESTIGATE&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=REOPENED&bug_status=VERIFIED&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&long_desc_type=allwordssubstr&long_desc=&Search=Search Upstream bug tracker]: No critical bugs

   • Hardware: Does not require exotic HW
   • Is there a test suite in the upstream source or packaging: no test suite

5. Standards compliance:

   • [http://www.pathname.com/fhs/ FHS], [http://www.de.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ Debian Policy] compliance: compliant

   • [http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/column/libpkg-guide/libpkg-guide.html Debian library packaging guide] standards compliance; compliant

   • Packaging system: cdbs, quilt

6. Dependencies:

   • Same as libvirt (in main already)

7. Background information:

   • The general purpose and context is clear
   • What do upstream call this software: python-libvirt, has always been called that way.

Reviewers

MIR bug: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/+bug/213544]

Report author: Nicolas Barcet Reviewer: