Main Inclusion Report for libffado

Requirements

1. Availability: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/libf/libffado/; available for i386 and amd64 architectures? not sure about ppc

2. Rationale:

   • provides support of FireWire based audio devices

3. Security:

   • CVE entries: ...

   • Secunia history: ...

   • Any binaries running as root or suid/sgid ? Any daemons ?
   • Network activity: does it open any port ? Does it handle incoming network data ?
   • Does it directly (not through a library) process binary (video, audio, etc) or structured (PDF, etc) data ?
   • Any source code review performed ? (The approver will do a quick and shallow check.)

4. Quality assurance:

   • In what situations does the package not work out of the box without configuration ?
   • Does the package ask any debconf questions higher than priority 'medium' ?

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

   • Maintenance in Debian is frenetic/vigorous/calm/dead ?

   • Upstream is frenetic/vigorous/calm/dead ?

   • Upstream bug tracker: (mention any particularly relevant or critical)

   • Hardware: Does this package deal with hardware and if so how exotic is it ?
   • Is there a test suite in the upstream source or packaging ? Is it enabled to run in the build ?

5. UI standards:

   • User-visible strings are internationalized using standard gettext system ?
   • Package with translatable strings builds a PO template during package build ?
   • End-user applications ship a desktop file ?

6. Standards compliance:

   • FHS, Debian Policy compliance ?

   • Packaging system (debhelper/cdbs/dbs) ? Patch system ? Any packaging oddities ?

7. Dependencies:

   • ...
   • Are these all in main ?

8. Maintenance:

   • How much maintenance is this package likely to need ? (Simple packages may largely take care of themselves; complex packages will need dedicated developers paying attention to them.)
   • Who is responsible for monitoring the quality of this package and fixing its bugs ? Are they Ubuntu or Debian developers ?
   • Who is the package bug contact in Ubuntu? (Needs one if its a nontrivial package which does not fully maintain itself through Debian)

9. Background information:

   • The general purpose and context of the package should be clear from the package's debian/control file. If it isn't then please explain.
   • What do upstream call this software ? Has it had different names in the past ?

10. Internationalization:

    • Are graphical applications translatable? Do they support gettext?

Reviewers

MIR bug: https://launchpad.net/bugs/BUGNUMBER

The author of this report should put their name here; reviewers will add comments etc. too'