= Main Inclusion Report for dmraid =

== Requirements ==

 0. ''Availability:'' http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/d/dmraid, available for all supported architectures amd64/i386/powerpc/sparc
 0. ''Rationale:''
  * Needed for the use of "fakeraid" included on most modern motherboards
  * Needed to share partitions with for instance dual-booted Windows using fakeraid
  * Should be on the installer CD to allow installing to fakeraid arrays (see also bug [[https://launchpad.net/bugs/22107|#22107]])
 0. ''Security:''
  * No [[http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=dmraid|CVE entries]].
  * No [[http://secunia.com/search/?search=dmraid|Secunia history]].
  * The /sbin/dmraid binary runs as root.
  * Does not open any port.
  * Source code review:
 0. ''Quality assurance:''
  * Package works out of the box without configuration.
  * Package does not ask any debconf questions higher than priority 'medium'.
  * No showstopper [[http://bugs.debian.org/src:dmraid|Debian bugs]].
  * Good [[http://packages.qa.debian.org/d/dmraid.html|maintenance in Debian]].
  * Active [[http://people.redhat.com/heinzm/sw/dmraid/|upstream]].  [[https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list|(mailing list)]]
  * No critical bugs in [[https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?component=dmraid&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&bug_status=MODIFIED&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&long_desc_type=allwordssubstr&long_desc=|upstream bug tracker]]
  * Does not deal with exotic hardware which we cannot support.
  * Dedicated [[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-dmraid|ubuntu-dmraid]] QA launchpad team.
 0. ''Standards compliance:'' 
  * Meets the [[http://www.pathname.com/fhs/|FHS]], [[http://www.de.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/|Debian Policy]]
  * Meets [[http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/column/libpkg-guide/libpkg-guide.html|Debian library packaging guide]] standards.
  * Standard debhelper/cdbs/dbs packaging, standard patch system.
 0. ''Dependencies:''
  * All in main.

== Reviewers ==

MIR bug: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191557

Author: Tormod Volden