Main Inclusion Report for pyinotify

Requirements

1. Availability: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/pyinotify; available for all supported architectures or some subset ?

2. Rationale:

   • Dependency of ubuntuone-client

3. Security:

   • CVE entries: None

   • Secunia history: None

   • Any binaries running as root or suid/sgid ? Any daemons ?
     • No, this is a library
   • Network activity: does it open any port ? Does it handle incoming network data ?
     • No, this is a library
   • 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 known
   • Does the package ask any debconf questions higher than priority 'medium'?
     • No

   • Debian bugs: (mention any that are particularly relevant, and any showstoppers)

   • Maintenance in Debian is vigorous

   • Upstream is frenetic/vigorous/calm/dead ? calm

   • Upstream bug tracker: 2 active, none 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 ?
     • No

5. UI standards:

   • User-visible strings are internationalized using standard gettext system ?
     • None known
   • Package with translatable strings builds a PO template during package build ?
     • No PO template
   • End-user applications ship a desktop file ?
     • N/A

6. Standards compliance:

   • FHS, Debian Policy compliance?

     • Yes
   • Packaging system
     • debhelper
   • Patch system
     • None

7. Dependencies:

   • Recommends python-psyco in universe

8. Maintenance:

   • How much maintenance is this package likely to need ?
     • Should require none, just follow debian
   • Who is responsible for monitoring the quality of this package and fixing its bugs ? Are they Ubuntu or Debian developers ?
     • Debian

9. Background information:

   • The general purpose and context of the package should be clear from the package's debian/control file.
   • What do upstream call this software ? Has it had different names in the past ?
     • pyinotify

10. Internationalization:

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

Reviewers

MIR bug: 387140

Report Author: KenVanDine