Main Inclusion Report for the libsmbios1 package

Requirements

1. Availability: http://linux.dell.com/libsmbios/download/libsmbios/ available for x86, amd64

2. Rationale:

   • libsmbios is needed for proper backlight functionality on Dell laptops
   • Used by the dell-backlight hal addon.

3. Security:

   • No CVE entries. http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=libsmbios

   • No Secunia history. http://secunia.com/search/?search=libsmbios

   • No binaries at all.
   • Does not open any port.

4. Quality assurance:

   • Package works out of the box without configuration.
   • Package does not ask any debconf questions.
   • Active upstream.

   • See Ubuntu

   • See Debian

   • There is no official bugzilla. The developers recommend sending issues to the official libsmbios-devel@lists.us.dell.com mailing list.

5. Standards compliance:

   • Meets the FHS, Debian Policy

   • Meets Debian library packaging guide standards.

   • Standard debhelper packaging

6. Dependencies:

   • All in main.

7. External references:

   • Ubuntu bug #43572

   • Blueprint on launchpad

Reviewers

MartinPitt: approved