Main Inclusion Report for xmlrpc-c

Requirements

1. Availability: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/x/xmlrpc-c; available for all supported architectures

2. Rationale:

   • Build dependency of cmake
   • Note this was previously included as sources within cmake (cmake-2.6.2/Utilities/cmxmlrpc)

3. Security:

   • CVE entries: none

   • Secunia history: none

   • No root binaries, no daemons.
   • Does it handle incoming network data
   • Does process structured (XML) data
   • No know source code review performed

4. Quality assurance:

   • Always works out the box
   • No debconf questions

   • Debian bugs: (mention any that are particularly relevant, and any showstoppers)

   • Maintenance in Debian is calm

   • Upstream is vigorous

   • Upstream bug tracker: There is no bug tracker. Because the number of reported bugs is small

   • Hardware: n/a
   • Test suite not enabled

5. UI standards:

   • n/a

6. Standards compliance:

   • FHS, Debian Policy compliant

   • Packaging system debhelper, quilt

7. Dependencies:

   • libcurl4-openssl-dev
   • all in main ?

8. Maintenance:

   • Minimal maintenance needed
   • Who is responsible for monitoring the quality of this package and fixing its bugs ? Debian

9. Background information:

   • The general purpose and context of the package is clear
   • Upstream call it xmlrpc-c

Reviewers

MIR bug: https://launchpad.net/bugs/369918

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

JonathanRiddell