Hi Roland, you are right, I mixed up the two upstreams, I updated the MIR bug description.
One thing I got right for sure is the part about the package being actively and well maintained. Thanks for chiming in! ** Description changed: [Summary] ========= Please promote bin:libnet-snmp-perl to main. It's the only binary package built by src:libnet-snmp-perl. The package is a "new" dependency of bin:amavisd-new, which is in main. I say "new" in quotes because is was already a dependency, but d/control missed it up to version 1:2.11.1-5, see [0]. [Rationale] =========== libnet-snmp-perl is a runtime dependency of amavisd-new, which is in main. The packages is not in main already because it was not specified in d/control, see [0]. According to the upstream release notes [2] this has been the case since version 2.6.4. Note that Precise packages version 2.6.5 already. The missing dependency is not immediately visible at such as it only causes failures when using amavisd-snmp-subagent, a tool to facilitate the monitoring of the filtering system via snmp. The agent is shipped with the amavisd-new package and therefore is in main. [Availability] ============== Upstream: the module exists since 1998. Upstream development doesn't seem to be active, but OTOH this module like many others in the perl5 ecosystem can be considered in maintenance mode at this point. Debian: libnet-snmp-perl was first packaged in Debian in 2000 and it's actively maintained, see [3] and d/changelog. Ubuntu: the package is a sync from Debian across all the supported Ubuntu releases (and also across the >=Precise unsupported ones). It is unlikely that the library will be superseded or deprecated in the foreseeable future. [Security] ========== The package is a SNMP client library. It provides no daemons or services in general, does not open ports, does not require special privileges to operate, and does not install setuid binaries. I see no need for looping in the security team. [Quality assurance] =================== Upstream has a test suite which is exercised during the .deb package build. Debian has only one bug open against the package, which IIUC is about how the module handles a non-RFC-compliant SNMP server. The bug has been forwarded upstream, and IMO shouldn't be considered a blocker for main inclusion. Upstream bugs are tracked on CPAN [4]. The bug count is low given the age of the project, with the latest ones being forwards from Debian. I can see no red flags there. Ubuntu has no bugs filed against the package. [Dependencies] Depends only on perl:any, so we're good here. [Standards compliance] The package is in good shape, it's well maintained and follows standards and best practices. The only thing `lintian -EvIL +pedantic` complains about is: X: libnet-snmp-perl source: debian-watch-does-not-check-gpg-signature There are however two lintian overrides for the binary package: libnet-snmp-perl: library-package-name-for-application usr/bin/snmpkey libnet-snmp-perl: application-in-library-section perl usr/bin/snmpkey Lintian is right, but apparently the Debian maintainers decided this is a wontfix. The fix would consist in splitting out a "-tools" package out of the "lib" one, I can see it's probably not worth it. - (FWIW I wouldn't have added the override as the lintian is right.) - [Maintenance] ============= The Server Team will maintain the package. The maintenance effort is expected to be very low. [0] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=936052 [1] https://fastapi.metacpan.org/source/DTOWN/Net-SNMP-v6.0.1/Changes [2] https://gitlab.com/amavis/amavis/-/blob/master/RELEASE_NOTES [3] https://salsa.debian.org/perl-team/modules/packages/libnet-snmp-perl [4] https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Net-SNMP -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1936970 Title: [MIR] libnet-snmp-perl as a dependency of amavisd-new To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libnet-snmp-perl/+bug/1936970/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
