Promote cvsps from universe to main
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cvsps (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: cvsps
1. Availability: all architectures <http://
2. Rationale: cvsps is a dependency of git-cvs, which is already in main. It is also a build dependency of the git-core source package in Debian; this build dependency is currently patched out by Ubuntu because cvsps is in universe. This is now the _only_ Ubuntu-specific needed in git-core (all other Ubuntu changes are already in Debian), which stops Ubuntu’s Git from receiving automatic updates from Debian unstable, and causes it to languish far behind Debian—Jaunty released with a version of Git that was nearly six months obsolete (LP bug #319096, LP bug #315870).
3. Security: No CVE entries <http://
4. Quality assurance: The package requires no configuration. It got a new Debian maintainer in September 2007, who accepted a patch from Ubuntu last October. There are a handful of open Debian bugs <http://
5. UI standards: This package is not user-facing, except possibly for some error messages (which are not localized).
6. Standards compliance: There are 3 lintian warnings <http://
7. Dependencies: All dependencies (libc6, zlib1g, cvs) and build dependencies (debhelper, zlib1g-dev, dpatch) are in main.
8. Maintenance: This package is infrequently updated in Debian and is not likely to require any additional attention from Ubuntu.
9. Background information: Nothing notable beyond debian/control.
10. Internationaliz
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git-cvs is in universe for this reason, FYI. Both changes (build dep and binary dep) are in git-core.
That said, I'm not firmly opposed to having this package in main, I'm just reluctant to promote even more CVS bits.