= Main Inclusion Report for sourcepackage =

== Requirements ==

 0. ''Availability:'' [[http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/s/snort]]; available for all supported architectures.
 0. ''Rationale:''
  * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerPackageReview
 0. ''Security:''
  * [[http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=snort|CVE entries]]: this is a nightmare...
  * [[http://secunia.com/search/?search=snort|Secunia history]]: another nightmare on elm street.
  * Any binaries running as root or suid/sgid ?  Any daemons ?
    yes. there is a daemon running.
  * Network activity: does it open any port ?  Does it handle incoming network data ?
    Given the nature of the package...
  * Any source code review performed ?  (The approver will do a quick and shallow check.)
    no.
 0. ''Quality assurance:''
  * In what situations does the package not work out of the box without configuration ?
    afaict it works out of the box. it seems to have sane defaults. Can't test all the options in my environment.
  * Does the package ask any debconf questions higher than priority 'medium' ?
    yes depending on how the config autodetection goes.
  * [[http://bugs.debian.org/src:snort|Debian bugs]]: several bugs are there at different severities. Most worring is the SIG11 and endian issues.
  * [[http://packages.qa.debian.org/s/snort.html|Maintenance in Debian]] is vigorous
  * [[http://www.snort.org/|Upstream]] is vigorous
  * Hardware: Does this package deal with hardware and if so how exotic is it ?
    none.
 0. ''Standards compliance:'' 
  * [[http://www.pathname.com/fhs/|FHS]], [[http://www.de.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/|Debian Policy]].
    Package looks FHS compliant. Tons of lintian errors some of which are a bit annoying and bad debconf usage.
  * [[http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/column/libpkg-guide/libpkg-guide.html|Debian library packaging guide]] standards compliance ?
    Interesting way of shipping libraries.... at best.
  * Packaging system (debhelper/cdbs/dbs) ?  Patch system ?  Any packaging oddities ?
    debhelper. patches are inline (diff.gz). Package is complex and requires deep understanding.
 0. ''Dependencies:''
  * Build-deps on gs-common and libprelude-dev that are in universe.
  * Depends on libprelude2 that is in universe.

== Reviewers ==

MIR bug: [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/182806]]

''The author of this report should put their name here; reviewers will add comments etc. too''

FabioMassimoDiNitto