Main Inclusion Report for python-smbc

Requirements

1. Availability: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/python-smbc

2. Rationale:

   • python-smbc are Python bindings for libsmbclient and the package was created by Tim Waugh especially for system-config-printer. It is required by the current version of system-config-printer.

3. Security:

   • CVE entries: No issues listed

   • Secunia history: No issues listed

   • No binaries running as root nor daemons included.
   • Network activity: does it open any port ? Does it handle incoming network data ? No, it is only for SMB client use.
   • 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 ? Nothing known. Package has no configuration possibilities.
   • Does the package ask any debconf questions higher than priority 'medium' ? No, it does not use debconf.

   • Debian bugs: Not (yet) in Debian AFAIK.

   • Maintenance in Debian: Not (yet) in Debian AFAIK.

   • Upstream maintenance is as good as for system-config-printer, as it was made for system-config-printer.

   • Upstream bug tracker: Nothing important

   • 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 AFAIK.

5. UI standards:

   • User-visible strings are internationalized using standard gettext system ? No.
   • Package with translatable strings builds a PO template during package build ? No.
   • End-user applications ship a desktop file ? No.

6. Standards compliance:

   • FHS, Debian Policy compliance ?

   • Debian library packaging guide standards compliance ?

   • Packaging system (debhelper/cdbs/dbs) ? Patch system ? Any packaging oddities ?

Should be compliant to all this. The packaging I have derived from the python-cups package.

1. Dependencies:

   • libsmbclient
   • Are these all in main ? Yes.

2. Maintenance:

   • How much maintenance is this package likely to need ? Not much, only updating if system-config-printer requires it.
   • Who is responsible for monitoring the quality of this package and fixing its bugs ? Are they Ubuntu or Debian developers ?

3. Background information:

   • The general purpose and context of the package should be clear from the package's debian/control file: Should be OK.
   • What do upstream call this software ? Has it had different names in the past ? Upstream name is pysmbc, has never changed.

4. Internationalization:

   • Are graphical applications translatable? Do they support gettext? Package has no UI.

Reviewers

MIR bug: https://launchpad.net/bugs/330973

Posted by: Till Kamppeter