Main Inclusion Report for erlang

Requirements

1. Availability: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/e/erlang/

2. Rationale:

   • Dependency of couchdb

3. Security:

   • CVE entries: 7

   • Secunia history: None

   • Any binaries running as root or suid/sgid ? Any daemons ?
     • No suid/guid binaries
   • Network activity: does it open any port ? Does it handle incoming network data ?
     • No
   • Does it directly (not through a library) process binary (video, audio, etc) or structured (PDF, etc) data ?
     • No
   • Any source code review performed ?
     • No

4. Quality assurance:

   • In what situations does the package not work out of the box without configuration ?
     • None
   • Does the package ask any debconf questions higher than priority 'medium' ?
     • No

   • Maintenance in Debian is calm

   • Upstream is calm

   • [[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?src=erlang|Debian bugs: low volume

   • Ubuntu bugs: low volume

   • Upstream bug tracker: Nothing critical

   • Hardware: Does this package deal with hardware and if so how exotic is it ?
     • No
   • Is there a test suite in the upstream source or packaging ? Is it enabled to run in the build ?
     • Yes, but not enabled in the build

5. UI standards:

   • User-visible strings are internationalized using standard gettext system ?
     • No
   • Package with translatable strings builds a PO template during package build ?
     • No
   • End-user applications ship a desktop file ?
     • NA

6. Standards compliance:

   • FHS, Debian Policy compliant

   • Packaging system
     • debhelper
   • Patch system
     • quilt

7. Dependencies:

   • Are these all in main ?
     • Yes

8. Maintenance:

   • How much maintenance is this package likely to need ?
     • Minimal, maintained in debian
   • Who is responsible for monitoring the quality of this package and fixing its bugs ?
     • Ubuntu One developers

9. Background information:

   • The general purpose and context of the package should be clear from the package's debian/control file.

10. Internationalization:

    • Are graphical applications translatable? Do they support gettext?
      • No

Reviewers

MIR bug: 401691

Report Author: KenVanDine