UbuntuMainInclusionVala
Main Inclusion Report for vala
Requirements
Availability: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/v/vala/; available for all supported architectures
Rationale:
- Vala is a new build-dependency of tracker 0.7.0 (still in development but will see a release during the Karmic cycle).
Security:
CVE entries: None
Secunia history: None
- No binaries running as root or suid/sgid. No daemons.
- Doesn't open any port. Doesn't handle incoming network data.
- Converts vala source files in to C source and header files.
- No source code review performed.
Quality assurance:
- In what situations does the package not work out of the box without configuration ? None
- Does not ask any debconf questions.
Debian bugs: no showstoppers.
Maintenance in Debian is vigorous.
Upstream is vigorous.
Upstream bug tracker: 1 confirmed critical bug - #570091
- This package does not deal with hardware.
- The upstream source package contains a test suite, which is configured to run by default.
UI standards:
- User-visible strings in the valac compiler are not internationalized.
- Package does not have translatable strings and does not build a PO template file.
- End-user applications ship a desktop file ? N/A here.
Standards compliance:
Compliant with FHS and Debian Policy
- Packaging system: cdbs. Patch system: simple-patchsys. No packaging oddities found.
Dependencies:
- glib2.0, debhelper, cdbs, gnome-pkg-tools, bison, flex, autotools-dev, libxslt, dbus, dbus-glib
- All dependencies are in main.
Maintenance:
- Package maintenance requirements will be minimal - the package is small, the packaging is simple and the Debian/Ubuntu patchset is minimal. The package is currently automatically sync-able with Debian.
Debian have a dedicated team for maintaining vala: pkg-vala-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org
Background information:
- The purpose of the package is clear from the package's debian/control file.
- What do upstream call this software? Vala
Reviewers
MIR bug: https://launchpad.net/bugs/374151
Author: Chris Coulson
UbuntuMainInclusionVala (last edited 2009-05-09 16:07:39 by 78-33-222-55)