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= Main Inclusion Report for jackd =

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Please be informative, and in particular be thorough in investigating and explaining any weaknesses and problems with the package. The purpose of the report is to show to the reviewer that the package has been properly investigated, and to give the reviewer the information from that investigation, for their decision.
= Main Inclusion Report for Jack-Audio-Connection-Kit (JACK) =
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 0. ''Availability:'' [http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/s/sourcepackage]; available for all supported architectures or some subset ?  0. ''Availability:'' [[http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/j/jack-audio-connection-kit]]; Available for all supported architectures.
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  * Build dependency of ...
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  * Many bugs have been filed against various source packages currently in Main (xine, alsa-plugins, portaudio, pulseaudio) requesting that the JACK bridge/plugin/output/etc. be turned on or compiled into the package - this is not possible without the inclusion of Jack in Main. See bugs: [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-plugins/+bug/197957|197957]], [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-plugins/+bug/84900|84900]], [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-plugins/+bug/152487|152487]], [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-plugins/+bug/109659|109659]], [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-plugins/+bug/360590|360590]]. This may not be a complete list, and duplicates of most of these have been triaged.
  * The libffado drivers for firewire soundcards ( http://www.ffado.org ) are only supported by the Jack driver. This makes these common, pro, semi-pro, and hobbyist audio cards inaccessible for most applications without the previous audio server bridges/plugins/outputs to jack available. Owners of these cards must recompile major audio drivers in order to get even basic playback working.
  * Jack is an audio server designed specifically for professional, reliable audio signals. This is not a duplicate server clogging up the "audio mess", which some people believe exists in Linux; it is a specialty tool for musicians, audio engineers, and anyone using Linux for professional audio. (In fact if anything, allowing the aforementioned bugs to get fixed would clean up a large chunk of the "audio mess" which some believe exists. It would at least stop a large segment of people from griping so loudly about and attempting to remove PulseAudio.)
  * shrinking the Ubuntu source package delta to Debian's
  * enabling the JACK backend for PulseAudio to improve the experience of people who want PA<->JACK functionality
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  * [http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=PRODUCT_NAME CVE entries]: ...
  * [http://secunia.com/search/?search=PRODUCT_NAME 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 ?
  * Any source code review performed ? (The approver will do a quick and shallow check.)
  * No [[http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=jack|CVE entries]] known.
  * No [[http://secunia.com/search/?search=jack|Secunia history]] known
  * Only binaries in ''jackd'', none of which are suid/sgid. Note: realtime capabilities are nowadays granted to users/groups though PAM, /etc/security/limits.conf
  * jackd is a daemon but is not automatically started on startup
  * jackd does not listen for network connections itself. That functionality requires the manual installation of a separately available 'netjack' driver.
  * No source code review is performed that we know of.
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  * 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' ?
  * [http://bugs.debian.org/src:SOURCE_PACKAGE_NAME Debian bugs]: (mention any that are particularly relevant, and any showstoppers)
  * [http://packages.qa.debian.org/S/SOURCE_PACKAGE_NAME.html Maintenance in Debian] is frenetic/vigorous/calm/dead ?
  * [http:// Upstream] is frenetic/vigorous/calm/dead ?
  * [http:// Upstream bug tracker]: (mention any particularly relevant or critical)
  * Hardware: Does this package deal with hardware and if so how exotic is it ?
  * In what situation does the package not work out of the box without configuration?
   * Jack needs some audio output device to connect to in order to start. This might fail if such a device is not available, or if another process is keeping a device occupied that does not support multiple concurrent connections.
   * Some configuration may be required for optimal performance (i.e. low latency) depending on the audio card used. [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToJACKConfiguration|Configuration instruction]] are available at help.ubuntu.com.
  * Does the package ask any debconf questions higher than priority 'medium'?
   * No. Specifically, Jack's postinst maintainer script asks if a PAM configuration file to enable realtime priority should be written, and its postrm maintainer script cleans it accordingly.
  * Debian bugs: [[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?src=jack-audio-connection-kit|normal bugs have patches]]
  * Maintenance in Debian: [[http://packages.qa.debian.org/j/jack.html|Is calm]]
  * Upstream: [[http://jackaudio.org|Is vigorous]]
  * Upstream bug tracker: [[http://trac.jackaudio.org/report/1/|nothing particularly relevant or critical there either it seems]]
  * Hardware: '''This package deals well with most commonly available consumer, semi- and professional audio cards.'''
  * Is there a test suite in the upstream source or packaging? '''No'''
  * Is it enabled to run in the build? '''N/A'''
 0. ''UI standards:''
  * User-visible strings are internationalized using standard gettext system ? '''Yes'''
  * Package with translatable strings builds a PO template during package build ? '''Yes'''
  * End-user applications ship a desktop file ? '''Yes'''
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  * [http://www.pathname.com/fhs/ FHS], [http://www.de.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ Debian Policy] compliance ?
  * [http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/column/libpkg-guide/libpkg-guide.html Debian library packaging guide] standards compliance ?
  * Packaging system (debhelper/cdbs/dbs) ? Patch system ? Any packaging oddities ?
  * [[http://www.pathname.com/fhs/|FHS]], [[http://www.de.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/|Debian Policy]] compliance ? '''compliant'''
  * [[http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/column/libpkg-guide/libpkg-guide.html|Debian library packaging guide]] standards compliance ? '''compliant'''
  * Packaging system ? '''debhelper 7 with cdbs''' Patch system ? '''cdbs''' Any packaging oddities ?
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  * ...
  * Are these all in main ?
  * Build-wise: cdbs, type-handling, debhelper (>= 7.0.0), patchutils, dh-buildinfo, libasound2-dev [!kfreebsd-i386 !kfreebsd-amd64 !hurd-i386], libsndfile1-dev, doxygen, automake, libtool, libreadline-dev, libraw1394-dev [!kfreebsd-i386 !kfreebsd-amd64 !hurd-i386], libsamplerate-dev, po-debconf
  * Are these all in main ? '''Yes, all dependencies are in the ''Main'' repositories except:'''
   * libffado-dev, which is awaiting a promotion (already approved) based on component-mismatch
 0. ''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.) '''Little maintenance should be required'''

  * Who is responsible for monitoring the quality of this package and fixing its bugs ? Are they Ubuntu or Debian developers ? '''Upstream developers along with Debian and Ubuntu developers (the latter being the ubuntu-audio-dev Launchpad team)'''

  * Who is the package bug contact in Ubuntu? (Needs one if its a nontrivial package which does not fully maintain itself through Debian) '''[[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-dev|Ubuntu Studio developers]]'''
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  * 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 ?
  * 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. '''JACK is a sound server that handles real-time, low latency audio (and MIDI) allowing connections to a number of different applications to an audio device, as well as allowing them to share audio between themselves.'''
  * What do upstream call this software ? Has it had different names in the past ? '''JACK, Jack Audio Connection Kit or simply jackd'''
 0. ''Internationalization:''
  * Are graphical applications translatable? Do they support gettext? '''GUI is not included with JACK'''
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MIR bug: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/BUGNUMBER] MIR bug: [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jack-audio-connection-kit/+bug/510481|510481]]
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''The author of this report should put their name here; reviewers will add comments etc. too'' Author: [[https://launchpad.net/~slavender|Scott Lavender]] <<BR>>
Contributor: Arnout 'raboof' Engelen
Contributor: [[https://launchpad.net/~crimsun|Daniel T Chen]]

Main Inclusion Report for Jack-Audio-Connection-Kit (JACK)

Requirements

  1. Availability: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/j/jack-audio-connection-kit; Available for all supported architectures.

  2. Rationale:

    • Many bugs have been filed against various source packages currently in Main (xine, alsa-plugins, portaudio, pulseaudio) requesting that the JACK bridge/plugin/output/etc. be turned on or compiled into the package - this is not possible without the inclusion of Jack in Main. See bugs: 197957, 84900, 152487, 109659, 360590. This may not be a complete list, and duplicates of most of these have been triaged.

    • The libffado drivers for firewire soundcards ( http://www.ffado.org ) are only supported by the Jack driver. This makes these common, pro, semi-pro, and hobbyist audio cards inaccessible for most applications without the previous audio server bridges/plugins/outputs to jack available. Owners of these cards must recompile major audio drivers in order to get even basic playback working.

    • Jack is an audio server designed specifically for professional, reliable audio signals. This is not a duplicate server clogging up the "audio mess", which some people believe exists in Linux; it is a specialty tool for musicians, audio engineers, and anyone using Linux for professional audio. (In fact if anything, allowing the aforementioned bugs to get fixed would clean up a large chunk of the "audio mess" which some believe exists. It would at least stop a large segment of people from griping so loudly about and attempting to remove PulseAudio.)

    • shrinking the Ubuntu source package delta to Debian's
    • enabling the JACK backend for PulseAudio to improve the experience of people who want PA<->JACK functionality

  3. Security:

    • No CVE entries known.

    • No Secunia history known

    • Only binaries in jackd, none of which are suid/sgid. Note: realtime capabilities are nowadays granted to users/groups though PAM, /etc/security/limits.conf

    • jackd is a daemon but is not automatically started on startup
    • jackd does not listen for network connections itself. That functionality requires the manual installation of a separately available 'netjack' driver.
    • No source code review is performed that we know of.
  4. Quality assurance:

    • In what situation does the package not work out of the box without configuration?
      • Jack needs some audio output device to connect to in order to start. This might fail if such a device is not available, or if another process is keeping a device occupied that does not support multiple concurrent connections.
      • Some configuration may be required for optimal performance (i.e. low latency) depending on the audio card used. Configuration instruction are available at help.ubuntu.com.

    • Does the package ask any debconf questions higher than priority 'medium'?
      • No. Specifically, Jack's postinst maintainer script asks if a PAM configuration file to enable realtime priority should be written, and its postrm maintainer script cleans it accordingly.
    • Debian bugs: normal bugs have patches

    • Maintenance in Debian: Is calm

    • Upstream: Is vigorous

    • Upstream bug tracker: nothing particularly relevant or critical there either it seems

    • Hardware: This package deals well with most commonly available consumer, semi- and professional audio cards.

    • Is there a test suite in the upstream source or packaging? No

    • Is it enabled to run in the build? N/A

  5. UI standards:

    • User-visible strings are internationalized using standard gettext system ? Yes

    • Package with translatable strings builds a PO template during package build ? Yes

    • End-user applications ship a desktop file ? Yes

  6. Standards compliance:

  7. Dependencies:

    • Build-wise: cdbs, type-handling, debhelper (>= 7.0.0), patchutils, dh-buildinfo, libasound2-dev [!kfreebsd-i386 !kfreebsd-amd64 !hurd-i386], libsndfile1-dev, doxygen, automake, libtool, libreadline-dev, libraw1394-dev [!kfreebsd-i386 !kfreebsd-amd64 !hurd-i386], libsamplerate-dev, po-debconf

    • Are these all in main ? Yes, all dependencies are in the Main repositories except:

      • libffado-dev, which is awaiting a promotion (already approved) based on component-mismatch
  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.) Little maintenance should be required

    • Who is responsible for monitoring the quality of this package and fixing its bugs ? Are they Ubuntu or Debian developers ? Upstream developers along with Debian and Ubuntu developers (the latter being the ubuntu-audio-dev Launchpad team)

    • Who is the package bug contact in Ubuntu? (Needs one if its a nontrivial package which does not fully maintain itself through Debian) Ubuntu Studio developers

  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. JACK is a sound server that handles real-time, low latency audio (and MIDI) allowing connections to a number of different applications to an audio device, as well as allowing them to share audio between themselves.

    • What do upstream call this software ? Has it had different names in the past ? JACK, Jack Audio Connection Kit or simply jackd

  10. Internationalization:

    • Are graphical applications translatable? Do they support gettext? GUI is not included with JACK

Reviewers

MIR bug: 510481

Author: Scott Lavender
Contributor: Arnout 'raboof' Engelen Contributor: Daniel T Chen

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