MainInclusionReportPcsc-Lite

Main Inclusion Report for pcsc-lite

Note: this MainInclusionReport is for the pcsc-lite source package, but only for the libpcsclite1 and libpcsclite-dev binary packages produced by it. The pcscd should not be included in main and should receive a separate MIR and code review before main promotion.

Requirements

  1. Availability: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/pcsc-lite; available for all supported architectures.

  2. Rationale:

    • libpcsclite-dev is build dependency of the wpasupplicant 0.6.x debian package - required for NM 0.7
    • supports smart card feature for Enterprise WPA

  3. Security:

    • no entries in mitre
    • no entries in secunia
    • the libpcsclite1 library would be linked into wpasupplicant, which runs as root. The daemon pcscd is not required to make wpasupplicant built and is ment to be a runtime option which is not part of this MIR. As long as the pcscd is not installed, the library basically is a NOOP.
    • Network activity: It doesnt open port and it doesnt process incoming network data. It uses local configuration
    • Source code review: asac did a review of the source files that compromise the library of concern here. As long as pcscd (universe) is not installed it basically does nothing.

  4. Quality assurance:

    • The package works out of the box
    • no debconf questions asked

    • Debian bugs: no bugs with severity higher than normal

    • Maintenance in Debian is actively maintained in a mature fashion.

    • Upstream is actively maintained in a mature fashion.

    • Hardware: The source package deals with smart card integration, but the binary packages required dont have any logic for that.
    • Is there a test suite in the upstream source or packaging ? No.

  5. Standards compliance:

  6. Dependencies:

    • All Dependencies are in main.

  7. Background information:

    • All documented in control. Upstream name didnt change. Homepage

Reviewers

MIR bug: https://launchpad.net/bugs/250245

MainInclusionReportPcsc-Lite (last edited 2008-08-06 16:27:57 by localhost)