Main Inclusion Report for libkdcraw

Requirements

1. Availability: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/libk/libkdcraw ; available for all supported architectures

2. Rationale:

   • Build dependency of new digikam 0.9.2 and next release of kipi-plugins (expected in June) will also depend on it.
   • This code was part of digikam 0.9.1 (which is in main archive), but was moved out in separate package in order to allow sharing with other KDE applications.

3. Security:

   • CVE entries: No issues reported.

   • Secunia history: No issues reported.

   • No binaries running as root or suid/sgid.
   • No daemons.
   • Does not perform any network activity (open ports, incoming data...).
   • Quick code review done:
     • Includes source code of dcraw 8.60
       • dcraw 8.39 is already in main, therefore reviewed

       • dcraw 8.60 is last version with free license (see #86480)

     • The rest of the code is just simple C++ class wrapper around dcraw binary

4. Quality assurance:

   • Package works without configuration.
   • Package does not ask any debconf questions.

   • Debian bugs: 1 (packaging issue for future versions on kdcraw binary)

   • Maintenance in Debian is hard to evaluate since the package is new.

   • Upstream is very active and supportive, two Kubuntu developers are also upstream contributers.

   • Upstream bug tracker: none

   • Hardware: does not work with HW, but parses raw images from digital cameras.

5. Standards compliance:

   • Compliant with FHS and Debian Policy.

   • Compliant with Debian library packaging guide.

   • Uses cdbs packaging system.

6. Dependencies:

   • All dependencies are already in main.

7. Background information:

   • In past, digikam has included own copy of 'dcraw' binary in order to maintain compatibility (due to regular changes of command line options).
   • Since RAW photo support was also needed by kipi-plugins, it was decided that this wrapper C++ class (with own dcraw binary) should be moved in separate library.

Reviewers

MartinPitt: approved