MainInclusionReportLibiptcdata
Main Inclusion Report for libiptcdata
Requirements
Availability: Available for amd64, i386, powerpc and sparc
Rationale:
- Is needed for IPTC metadata support in gthumb (main), LP #213367.
Security:
CVE entries: No CVE entries
Secunia history: No Secunia history
- Any binaries running as root or suid/sgid ? Any daemons ? No
- Network activity: does it open any port ? Does it handle incoming network data ? No
- Does it directly (not through a library) process binary (video, audio, etc) or structured (PDF, etc) data ? Yes, it edits metadata in images
- Any source code review performed ? (The approver will do a quick and shallow check.)
- No review performed
Quality assurance:
- In what situations does the package not work out of the box without configuration ? Never
- Does the package ask any debconf questions higher than priority 'medium' ? No
Debian bugs: None at all
Maintenance in Debian is Calm
Upstream is Calm
Upstream bug tracker: No serious bugs
- Hardware: Does this package deal with hardware and if so how exotic is it ? No
- Is there a test suite in the upstream source or packaging ? Is it enabled to run in the build ? No
Standards compliance:
Lintian gives:
W: libiptcdata source: out-of-date-standards-version 3.7.2 (current is 3.7.3) W: libiptcdata source: dpatch-build-dep-but-no-patch-list libiptcdata
Dependencies:
- Depends on libc6 which is in main
Background information:
- libiptcdata is a library, for manipulating the International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) metadata stored within multimedia files such as images. The library provides routines for parsing, viewing, modifying, and saving this metadata.
Reviewers
MIR bug: https://launchpad.net/bugs/238855
Report prepared by Åskar Andersson, Tormod Volden
MainInclusionReportLibiptcdata (last edited 2008-08-06 16:31:08 by localhost)