Main Inclusion Report for wakeonlan

Requirements

1. Availability: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/w/wakeonlan; all supported architectures

2. Rationale:

   • Very small, useful program, particularly for servers and necessary for waking suspended/hibernated/powered-off systems

3. Security:

   • CVE entries: None

   • Secunia history: None

   • Any binaries running as root or suid/sgid ? None Any daemons ? None

   • Network activity: does it open any port ? Sends UDP packets, can do so as non-root Does it handle incoming network data ? No

   • Does it directly (not through a library) process binary (video, audio, etc) or structured (PDF, etc) data ? No

   • Any source code review performed ? Yes, very simple perl script

4. Quality assurance:

   • In what situations does the package not work out of the box without configuration ? None

   • Does the package ask any debconf questions higher than priority 'medium' ? No

   • Debian bugs: One wishlist bug, for extracting MAC from IPv6 addresses

   • Maintenance in Debian is frenetic/vigorous/calm/dead ? calm

   • Upstream is frenetic/vigorous/calm/dead ? calm

   • Upstream bug tracker: Mail the maintainer, http://gsd.di.uminho.pt/jpo/software/wakeonlan/

   • Hardware: Does this package deal with hardware and if so how exotic is it ? Not applicable

   • Is there a test suite in the upstream source or packaging ? No Is it enabled to run in the build ? No

5. UI standards:

   • User-visible strings are internationalized using standard gettext system ? No

   • Package with translatable strings builds a PO template during package build ? No

   • End-user applications ship a desktop file ? Not applicable

6. Standards compliance:

   • FHS, Debian Policy compliance ? Yes

   • Debian library packaging guide standards compliance ? Yes

   • Packaging system (debhelper/cdbs/dbs) ? debhelper Patch system ? dpatch Any packaging oddities ? No

7. Dependencies:

   • perl, perl-modules, debhelper (>= 6), dpatch

   • Are these all in main ? Yes

8. Maintenance:

   • How much maintenance is this package likely to need ? Minimal, if any at all

   • Who is responsible for monitoring the quality of this package and fixing its bugs ? Are they Ubuntu or Debian developers ? DustinKirkland is subscribed to bugs in Launchpad, https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wakeonlan

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 ? wakeonlan Has it had different names in the past ? No

10. Internationalization:

    • Are graphical applications translatable? Not applicable

Reviewers

MIR bug: 327662

• DustinKirkland