[MIR] libepubgen

[Olivier Tilloy]

The package has been available in universe since 16.04, and it builds on all supported architectures.

It is a new dependency of libreoffice-writer 6.0 (see https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33226).

Security:
 - there are no known past or present security vulnerabilities for the package
 - the package doesn't install binaries, nor services/daemons, and doesn't open ports

Quality assurance:
 - the package doesn't ask debconf questions when installed
 - there are no bug reports for the package in Debian (https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?dist=unstable;package=libepubgen) and Ubuntu (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libepubgen)
 - there are no bug reports in the upstream bug tracker (https://sourceforge.net/p/libepubgen/tickets/)
 - as a dependency of libreoffice, the package is well maintained in Debian (by the Debian LibreOffice Maintainers team)
 - there are no Ubuntu-specific changes, the package is synced as-is from Debian
 - there is nothing hardware-specific in the package
 - the package uses a debian/watch file
 - the package doesn't rely on obsolete packages

Dependencies: all binary dependencies are in main.

Standards compliance: the package meets the FHS and Debian Policy standards.

Maintenance: the package is owned by the Debian LibreOffice Maintainers team.

Background information: the package description is clear as to what the library provides.

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

no bug subscriber

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

The packaging looks fine, however we usually require a symbols file for libraries in main. The packaging also looks a litte bit out of date, e.g. we usually make sure that we have only M-A: aware library packages in main (see e.g. libixion for the packaging bits).

[Olivier Tilloy (osomon)]

~libreoffice is now subscribed

[Olivier Tilloy (osomon)]

I've addressed the requirements (symbols file and making the package M-A aware) in the attached debdiff. Feedback welcome.

[Nish Aravamudan (nacc)]

@osomon: are you looking for sponsorship for the debdiff? The patch looks good to me and I assume you've tested it?

[Olivier Tilloy (osomon)]

@Nish: yes I tested it (had it built in a PPA for all supported architectures and verified that the M-A changes are as expected) and yes, sponsorship would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

[Nish Aravamudan (nacc)]

I can sponsor the above, but is there any way to make the tests run at build-time and as DEP8?

[Olivier Tilloy (osomon)]

The tests are already being run at build time. I'm attaching an updated debdiff that adds DEP8 tests (they build and run a subset of the unit tests against the install libepubgen). Please review and sponsor if that looks good. Thanks!

[Nish Aravamudan (nacc)]

Sponsored for Bionic. The MIR looks good otherwise.

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

~libreoffice is not a recognized team subscriber for MIRs (http://reqorts.qa.ubuntu.com/reports/m-r-package-team-mapping.html). Should ~desktop-packages be subscribed to this package, matching libreoffice itself?

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

~desktop-packages is subscribed now

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Override component to main
libepubgen 0.1.0-2ubuntu1 in bionic: universe/misc -> main
libepubgen-0.1-1 0.1.0-2ubuntu1 in bionic amd64: main/libs/optional/100% -> main
libepubgen-0.1-1 0.1.0-2ubuntu1 in bionic arm64: main/libs/optional/100% -> main
libepubgen-0.1-1 0.1.0-2ubuntu1 in bionic armhf: main/libs/optional/100% -> main
libepubgen-0.1-1 0.1.0-2ubuntu1 in bionic i386: main/libs/optional/100% -> main
libepubgen-0.1-1 0.1.0-2ubuntu1 in bionic ppc64el: main/libs/optional/100% -> main
libepubgen-0.1-1 0.1.0-2ubuntu1 in bionic s390x: main/libs/optional/100% -> main
libepubgen-dev 0.1.0-2ubuntu1 in bionic amd64: universe/libdevel/optional/100% -> main
libepubgen-dev 0.1.0-2ubuntu1 in bionic arm64: universe/libdevel/optional/100% -> main
libepubgen-dev 0.1.0-2ubuntu1 in bionic armhf: universe/libdevel/optional/100% -> main
libepubgen-dev 0.1.0-2ubuntu1 in bionic i386: universe/libdevel/optional/100% -> main
libepubgen-dev 0.1.0-2ubuntu1 in bionic ppc64el: universe/libdevel/optional/100% -> main
libepubgen-dev 0.1.0-2ubuntu1 in bionic s390x: universe/libdevel/optional/100% -> main
libepubgen-0.1-1 0.1.0-2ubuntu1 in bionic amd64 remained the same
libepubgen-0.1-1 0.1.0-2ubuntu1 in bionic arm64 remained the same
libepubgen-0.1-1 0.1.0-2ubuntu1 in bionic armhf remained the same
libepubgen-0.1-1 0.1.0-2ubuntu1 in bionic i386 remained the same
libepubgen-0.1-1 0.1.0-2ubuntu1 in bionic ppc64el remained the same
libepubgen-0.1-1 0.1.0-2ubuntu1 in bionic s390x remained the same
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