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Main Inclusion Report for xserver-xorg-video-amd

1. Availability: The package is in Ubuntu universe, and builds for the architecture it is designed to work on.
2. Rationale: The xserver-xorg-video-amd is required for several thin client terminal that are based on the AMD Geode chipset that is used in most LTSP-compatible products currently on the market. It is also used in the OLPC XO computer.
3. Security:

   • No CVE entries.

   • No Secunia history.

   • No entries at http://people.ubuntu.com/~pitti/ubuntu-cve/unfixed.html

   • No entries at http://people.ubuntu.com/~pitti/ubuntu-cve/unchecked.html

   • No executables are installed.
   • Nothing installed to /etc/init.d/*. No daemon programs installed.
   • Connects to X Server using standard X driver calls
   • Does not open any ports other than to X server.
     • - Reviewed all grepped instances of 'sock', 'serial', 'host', 'port', 'connect', 'open', 'stream', 'service'
4. Quality assurance:
   • Package works out of the box with no configuration required.
   • Package does not ask any debconf questions

   • Debian bugs: none currently open.

   • Maintenance in Debian is handled by myself as well.

   • Upstream is actively improving the package. The main developers are employed or contracted by AMD or the OLPC project and are working towards achieving a formal release.
   • There are no long-term outstanding bugs which affect the usability of the program to a major degree.
   • There are no known bugs.
   • xserver-xorg-video-amd covers a class of hardware that is not yet covered by existing drivers and yet it is already commonplace on the market.
5. Standards compliance: The package meets common packaging standards
   • FHS
   • Debian Policy
   • Debian library packaging guide standards.
   • The source packaging uses standard debhelper build rules with CDBS.
6. Dependencies:
   • All dependencies are in main

Reviewers

MartinPitt: approved