Main Inclusion Report for libnet-ip-perl

Requirements

1. Availability: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/libn/libnet-ip-perl/; available for all supported architectures (arch all).

2. Rationale:

   • Build dependency of ...
   • libnet-dns-perl which is needed for spamassassin and libmail-dkim-perl (both spec'ed for Intrepid):
     • self:ServerAmavisdDKIMSpec

     • ClamavSpamassassinInMain

3. Security:

   • CVE entries: None

   • Secunia history: None

   • Any binaries running as root or suid/sgid ? No Any daemons ? No
   • Network activity: does it open any port ? No Does it handle incoming network data ? No
   • Does it directly (not through a library) process binary (video, audio, etc) or structured (PDF, etc) data ? No
   • Any source code review performed ? (The approver will do a quick and shallow check.) No

4. Quality assurance:

   • In what situations does the package not work out of the box without configuration ? None
   • Does the package ask any debconf questions higher than priority 'medium' ? No

   • Debian bugs: None

   • Maintenance in Debian is very, very calm

   • http://search.cpan.org/~manu/Net-IP-1.25/IP.pm is somewhere between calm and dead.

   • http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Net-IP: Some bugs, but no show stoppers.

   • 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 ? Yes. Is it enabled to run in the build ? Yes.

5. Standards compliance:

   • FHS, Debian Policy compliance ? Yes.

   • Debian library packaging guide standards compliance ? Yes.

   • Packaging system (debhelper/cdbs/dbs) ? debhelper Patch system ? None Any packaging oddities ? No. Very standard Perl module.

6. Dependencies:

   • libnet-ip-perl
     • Depends: perl
   • Are these all in main ? Yes.

7. 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.
   • What do upstream call this software ? Net::IP Has it had different names in the past ? No.

Reviewers

MIR bug: 243276

Author: ScottKitterman