Main Inclusion Report for xz-utils

Requirements

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

2. Rationale:

   • needed for lzma support in KDE
   • will be a new build-dep for kde4libs to support new functiionality in KDE 4.3.

3. Security:

   • No CVE entries.

   • No Secunia history.

   • No binaries running as root or suid/sgid.
   • Does not open an port.

4. Quality assurance:

   • Package works out of the box without configuration.
   • Package does not ask any debconf questions higher than priority 'medium'.

   • Debian bugs: None (package is in New still in Debian)

   • Maintenance in Debian is just getting started (package in New).

   • Upstream appears slow, but steady.

   • Upstream bug tracker:Doesn't appear to be one, but forums are free of bug complaints.

   • Hardware: Does this package deal with hardware and if so how exotic is it ? No, N/A.
   • Is there a test suite in the upstream source or packaging ? Is it enabled to run in the build ? Yes and Yes.

5. UI standards:

   • User-visible strings are internationalized using standard gettext system ? N/A
   • Package with translatable strings builds a PO template during package build ? N/A
   • End-user applications ship a desktop file ? N/A

6. Standards compliance:

   • FHS, Debian Policy compliance ? Yes

   • Packaging system (debhelper/cdbs/dbs) ? debhelper Patch system ? None Any packaging oddities ? Package in Debian New is native, but fixed for Ubuntu upload.

7. Dependencies:

   • Build-dep: debhelper (>= 7.0.50), autotools-dev, doxygen

   • Depends: No additional (just ${shlibs:Depends}).
   • Are these all in main ? Yes.

8. Maintenance:

   • How much maintenance is this package likely to need ? Little
   • Who is responsible for monitoring the quality of this package and fixing its bugs ? Kubuntu team for Ubuntu. Are they Ubuntu or Debian developers ? Yes.
   • Who is the package bug contact in Ubuntu? (Needs one if its a nontrivial package which does not fully maintain itself through Debian) Should maintain itself through Debian.

9. Background information:

   • The general purpose and context of the package should be clear from the package's debian/control file. If it isn't then please explain.
   • What do upstream call this software ? xz-utils Has it had different names in the past ? No, but derived from lzma utils

10. Internationalization:

    • Are graphical applications translatable? N/A Do they support gettext? N/A

Reviewers

MIR bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/405623

Original author:ChristianMangold Finished by ScottKitterman

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