Main Inclusion Report for autopkgtest (aka autodebtest)

Requirements

1. Availability: Ubuntu developer is upstream. Package is in http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/a/autopkgtest (was previously known as autodebtest). Not architecture-specific.

2. Rationale:

   • AutomatedTesting (approved spec from UBZ)

3. Security:

   • This is a new package so there is no advisory history.
   • There are no set-id binaries. However, virtualisation schemes often involve root privilege, either directly or via a helper such as dchroot.
   • Does not open any port (indeed).
   • Source code review: not done.

4. Quality assurance:

   • Package works out of the box without configuration.
   • Package is upstream from Ubuntu and is wholly new so no bugs reported. It is under active development to enhance it.

5. Standards compliance:

   • Debian policy latest Standards-Version, and so obviously FHS too
   • Standard use of debhelper; no patch system.

6. Dependencies:

   • Just debhelper (build-time); python2.4 (runtime).

Reviewers

The package was entirely written by Ian Jackson and there has been no independent review.

MartinPitt: approved