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[Liu Shuyu <2007279@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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

[Rationale]
- The package libswitch-perl is required in Ubuntu main for devscripts
- The package libswitch-perl will not generally be useful for a large part of
  our user base, but is important/helpful still because it is needed by devscripts, a
  package very commonly used by Debian and Ubuntu developers, and also some power users
  who wish to build their own packages.

- It would be great and useful to community/processes to have the
  package libswitch-perl in Ubuntu main, but there is no definitive deadline.

[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
- Packages does not open privileged ports (ports < 1024)
- Packages does not contain extensions to security-sensitive software
  (filters, scanners, plugins, UI skins, ...)

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

[Quality assurance - maintenance]
- The package has important open bugs:
  - https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=480106
  - https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=656545
  - https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=142923

[Quality assurance - testing]
- The package runs a test suite on build time, if it fails
  it makes the build fail, link to build log
  https://launchpadlibrarian.net/607630437/buildlog_ubuntu-kinetic-amd64.libswitch-perl_2.17-3_BUILDING.txt.gz

- The package does not run an autopkgtest because it is not implemented

[Quality assurance - packaging]
- debian/watch is present and works
- debian/control defines a correct Maintainer field
- This package does not yield massive lintian Warnings, Errors
- Please link to a recent build log of the package:
  https://launchpadlibrarian.net/652670389/buildlog_ubuntu-lunar-amd64.libswitch-perl_2.17-3ubuntu1_BUILDING.txt.gz
- Please attach the full output you have got from
  `lintian --pedantic` as an extra post to this bug:
  See attachment libswitch-perl.lintian.log
- Lintian overrides are not present
- This package does not rely on obsolete or about to be demoted packages.
- The package will not be installed by default
- Packaging and build is easy, link to d/rules
  https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libswitch-perl/tree/debian/rules

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

[Dependencies]
- No further depends or recommends dependencies that are not yet in main

[Standards compliance]
- This package correctly follows FHS and Debian Policy

[Maintenance/Owner]
- Owning Team will be Foundations 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 was test rebuilt in PPA or sbuild recently:
  https://launchpadlibrarian.net/652670389/buildlog_ubuntu-lunar-amd64.libswitch-perl_2.17-3ubuntu1_BUILDING.txt.gz

[Background information]
The Package description explains the package well
Upstream Name is Switch
Link to upstream project https://metacpan.org/dist/Switch

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  [MIR] libdigest-md5-file-perl & libswitch-perl (dependency of
  devscripts)

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