= Main Inclusion Report for kdesudo = == Requirements == 0. ''Availability:'' [[http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/k/kdesudo]]; (soon) available for all supported architectures 0. ''Rationale:'' * More reliable than kdesu and follows sudo policy * Long explanation: kdesu runs all programmes through kdesu_stub so sudoers has no effect other than through kdesu_stub. kdesu has a bug where it asks for a password without needing it because it tests for needing a password by starting an instance of sudo, then starting a second one to actually pass the password. If that happens twice it thinks it needs a password when it doesn't. 0. ''Security:'' * [[http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=kdesudo|CVE entries]]: none * [[http://secunia.com/search/?search=kdesudo|Secunia history]]: none * No binaries running as root or suid/sgid, but of course it has the power to make anything root through sudo * Network activity: none * Source code has been reviewed by Jonathan Riddell and AnthonyMercatante. Source code is simple and easy to review. MartinPitt checked for some standard traps. 0. ''Quality assurance:'' * Package always works out of the box without configuration * Package asks no debconf questions * Not in Debian * [[http://ksudo.sourceforge.net/kdesudo/|Old Upstream]] has not moved for some time. Project has been adopted by Kubuntu developers [[https://launchpad.net/kdesudo|kdesudo]]. * No bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/kdesudo/ (old upstream had no bug tracker) * Package does not deal with hardware 0. ''Standards compliance:'' * [[http://www.pathname.com/fhs/|FHS]], [[http://www.de.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/|Debian Policy]] compliance ? * Packaging system cdbs, Patch system is simple-patchsys, no packaging oddities 0. ''Dependencies:'' * kdelibs, in main * sudo, in main 0. ''Background information:'' * The general purpose and context of the package is clear from the package's debian/control file * Upstream call it kdesudo and always have == Reviewers == Report Author: Jonathan Riddell MartinPitt: approved