[MIR] libemail-mime-contenttype-perl (libemail-mime-perl dependency as libmail-dmarc-perl dependency)

Bug #2030962 reported by Miriam España Acebal
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Bug Description

[Availability]
The package libemail-mime-contenttype-perl is already in Ubuntu universe.
The package libemail-mime-contenttype-perl build for the architectures it is designed to work on.
It currently builds and works for architectures: amd64 (all)
Link to package https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libemail-mime-contenttype-perl

[Rationale]
The package libemail-mime-contenttype-perl is required in Ubuntu main for libemail-mime-perl.
The package libemail-mime-contenttype-perl will not generally be useful for a large part of
our user base, but is important/helpful still because libemail-mime-perl requires it as a runtime dependency
(https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libemail-mime-perl/+bug/2030880),
 and this, in turn, is required as runtime dependency by libmail-dmarc-perl
( libmail-dmarc-perl is in the MIR process here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libmail-dmarc-perl/+bug/2023971 )

The package libemail-mime-contenttype-perl is required in Ubuntu main no later than through the same scheduled requested for the libemail-mime-perl and libmail-dmarc-perl promotion, since libemail-mime-perl depends on it.

[Security]
No CVEs/security issues in this software in the past.
No `suid` or `sgid` binaries.
No executables in `/sbin` and `/usr/sbin`.
Package does not install services, timers or recurring jobs.
Package does not open privileged ports (ports < 1024).
Package does not expose any external endpoints.
Package does not contain extensions to security-sensitive software (filters, scanners, plugins, UI skins, ...), except that it is in esence a MIME's contents build and parser module.

[Quality assurance - function/usage]
The package works well right after install

[Quality assurance - maintenance]
The package is maintained well in Debian/Ubuntu/Upstream and does
not have too many, long-term & critical, open bugs:
   - Ubuntu (0) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libemail-mime-contenttype-perl/+bug
   - Debian (0) https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?src=libemail-mime-contenttype-perl
   - Upstream's bug tracker (0) https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MessageID/issues
     + Upstream's repo last activity:
       - commit: in main, Jan 9 2023
       - updated issue/pr: Jan 10, 2021
       - fixed/closed/merged issue: Jan 9 2023
The package does not deal with exotic hardware we cannot support

[Quality assurance - testing]
The package runs a test suite on build time, if it fails
it makes the build fail: https://launchpadlibrarian.net/670302542/buildlog_ubuntu-lunar-amd64.libemail-mime-contenttype-perl_1.028-1_BUILDING.txt.gz :

      dh_auto_test
    make -j4 test TEST_VERBOSE=1
   make[1]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
   PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 "/usr/bin/perl" "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-MTest::Harness" "-e" "undef *Test::Harness::Switches; test_harness(1, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t

The package runs an autopkgtest (via autodep8 using 'Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-perl' in d/control file - https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libemail-mime-contenttype-perl/tree/debian/control#n6 -),
that runs essentialy the above build-time test suite. It is currently passing on
this list of architectures (amd64, arm64, armhf, ppc64el, riscv64, s390x), except on i386: https://autopkgtest.ubuntu.com/packages/l/libemail-mime-contenttype-perl

The package does have failing autopkgtests tests right now, but since
they always failed they are handled as "ignored failure", this is
because the package the test depends on pkg-perl-tools package that is not
build for i386 since focal.

[Quality assurance - packaging]
debian/watch is present and works.

debian/control defines a correct Maintainer field : Debian Perl Group <email address hidden> ( https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libemail-mime-contenttype-perl/tree/debian/control#n2)

This package does not yield massive lintian Warnings, Errors
  - recent build log of the package https://launchpadlibrarian.net/644464042/buildlog_ubuntu-lunar-amd64.libemail-mime-contenttype-perl_1.408-1_BUILDING.txt.gz
  - full output from `lintian --pedantic` :
    # source
    ❯ lintian -EvIL +pedantic --show-overrides
      E: libemail-mime-contenttype-perl changes: bad-distribution-in-changes-file mantic
      W: libemail-mime-contenttype-perl: changelog-distribution-does-not-match-changes-file (unstable != mantic)
      W: libemail-mime-contenttype-perl changes: distribution-and-changes-mismatch mantic unstable
    # binary
    ❯ lintian -EvIL +pedantic --show-overrides ../libemail-mime-contenttype-perl_1.408-1.dsc
       W: libemail-mime-contenttype-perl source: newer-standards-version 4.6.2 (current is 4.6.0.1)
       X: libemail-mime-contenttype-perl source: debian-watch-does-not-check-gpg-signature [debian/watch]

This package does not rely on obsolete or about to be demoted packages.
This package has no python2 or GTK2 dependencies.

The package will not be installed by default.

Packaging and build is easy, link to debian/rules: https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libemail-mime-contenttype-perl/tree/debian/rules

[UI standards]
Application is not end-user facing (does not need translation).

[Dependencies]
There are further dependencies that are not yet in main, libtext-unidecode-perl.
  - libtext-unidecode-perl: No further depends or recommends dependencies that are not yet in main.
    MIR bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libtext-unidecode-perl/+bug/2031109

[Standards compliance]
This package correctly follows FHS and Debian Policy (4.6.2)

[Maintenance/Owner]
Owning Team will be Ubuntu Server Team.
Team is not yet, but will subscribe to the package before promotion.
This does not use static builds.
This does not use vendored code.
This package is not rust based.

The package successfully built during the most recent test rebuild : https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/test-rebuild-20230515-lunar-v3/+build/26135434/+files/buildlog_ubuntu-lunar-amd64.libemail-mime-contenttype-perl_1.028-1_BUILDING.txt.gz

[Background information]
The Package description explains the package well.
Upstream Name is Email-MIME-ContentType .
Link to upstream project https://metacpan.org/pod/Email::MIME::ContentType (This need to be updated in d/copyright)

This has been in the archive since at least 2006 (1.01-1). It's never had a bug filed against it in Launchpad.

Tags: mantic
Changed in libemail-mime-contenttype-perl (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Miriam España Acebal (mirespace)
description: updated
Changed in libemail-mime-contenttype-perl (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → New
Changed in libemail-mime-contenttype-perl (Ubuntu):
assignee: Miriam España Acebal (mirespace) → nobody
Changed in libemail-mime-contenttype-perl (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Ioanna Alifieraki (joalif)
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Ioanna Alifieraki (joalif) wrote :
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Review for Source Package: libemail-mime-contenttype-perl

[Summary]
MIR team ACK
This does not need a security review
List of specific binary packages to be promoted to main: libemail-mime-contenttype-perl
Specific binary packages built, but NOT to be promoted to main: <None>

Not really any TODOs, setting this to Incomplete until libtext-unidecode-perl makes it
to main.

Required TODOs:
#0 The package should get a team bug subscriber before being promoted
#1 depends on libtext-unidecode-perl
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libtext-unidecode-perl/+bug/2031109

[Duplication]
There is no other package in main providing the same functionality.
This package is required in main as an indirect dependency of libmail-dmarc-perl.

[Dependencies]
OK:
- no -dev/-debug/-doc packages that need exclusion
- No dependencies in main that are only superficially tested requiring
   more tests now.

Problems:
- This depends on libtext-unidecode-perl which is under MIR process:
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libtext-unidecode-perl/+bug/2031109

[Embedded sources and static linking]
OK:
- no embedded source present
- no static linking
- does not have unexpected Built-Using entries
- not a go package, no extra constraints to consider in that regard
- not a rust package, no extra constraints to consider in that regard
- Does not include vendored code

Problems: None

[Security]
OK:
- history of CVEs does not look concerning
- does not run a daemon as root
- does not use webkit1,2
- does not use lib*v8 directly
- does not parse data formats (files [images, video, audio,
  xml, json, asn.1], network packets, structures, ...) from
  an untrusted source.
- does not expose any external endpoint (port/socket/... or similar)
- does not process arbitrary web content
- does not use centralized online accounts
- does not integrate arbitrary javascript into the desktop
- does not deal with system authentication (eg, pam), etc)
- does not deal with security attestation (secure boot, tpm, signatures)
- does not deal with cryptography (en-/decryption, certificates, signing, ...)

Problems: None

[Common blockers]
OK:
- does not FTBFS currently
- does have a test suite that runs at build time
  - test suite fails will fail the build upon error.
- does have a non-trivial test suite that runs as autopkgtest
- This does not need special HW for build or test
- no new python2 dependency

 Problems: None

[Packaging red flags]
OK:
- Ubuntu does not carry a delta
- symbols tracking not applicable for this kind of code.
- debian/watch is present and looks ok (if needed, e.g. non-native)
- Upstream update history is good
- Debian/Ubuntu update history follows upstream
- the current release is packaged
- promoting this does not seem to cause issues for MOTUs that so far
  maintained the package
- no massive Lintian warnings
- debian/rules is rather clean
- It is not on the lto-disabled list

Problems: None

[Upstream red flags]
OK:
 no Errors/warnings during the build
- no incautious use of malloc/sprintf (the language has no direct MM)
 - no use of sudo, gksu, pkexec, or LD_LIBRARY_PATH (usage is OK inside
   tests)
- no use of user nobody
- no use of setuid / se...

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Changed in libemail-mime-contenttype-perl (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
assignee: Ioanna Alifieraki (joalif) → nobody
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for libemail-mime-contenttype-perl (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in libemail-mime-contenttype-perl (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
Changed in libemail-mime-contenttype-perl (Ubuntu):
status: Expired → Incomplete
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Miriam España Acebal (mirespace) wrote (last edit ):

TODO #0: Server Team's subscription to the bug requested on the MP attached to the bug.
TODO #1: libtext-unidecode-perl MIR bug 2031109 , MIR ACK (also Server Team's subscription to the bug requested on the MP attached to that bug)

Changed in libemail-mime-contenttype-perl (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → New
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Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer) wrote :

Team Subscription added

Dependency is another bug, this one is ready - setting it to "in progress" as it is not yet showing in component mismatch until we add the dependency back.

Changed in libemail-mime-contenttype-perl (Ubuntu):
status: New → In Progress
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