Bug#854490: RFP: xva-img -- Citrix XenServer .xva disk extraction tool

[Francisco]

Hi, I'm working on xva-img, apparently I built the package.
This is my first job with packaging.
I wonder if I can pack it or does anyone else want to do it?

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Bug#854490: RFP: xva-img -- Citrix XenServer .xva disk extraction tool

[Axel Beckert]

Hi,

Axel Beckert wrote:
> I'll probably come up with a complete packaging for this tool, but don't
> want to maintain it alone, hence RFP and not ITP.

My packaging is now at
https://anonscm.debian.org/git/collab-maint/xva-img.git

The only thing yet missing is a proper man page, hence it still
throughs these two lintian warnings:

W: xva-img source: dh-make-template-in-source debian/manpage.1.ex
W: xva-img: binary-without-manpage usr/bin/xva-img

Regards, Axel
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Bug#854490: RFP: xva-img -- Citrix XenServer .xva disk extraction tool

[Axel Beckert]

Hi,

Axel Beckert wrote:
> * URL or Web page : https://github.com/eriklax/xva-img
> * License : GPL-2+

JFTR: I'm currently working on an initial packaging for xva-img
(should show up soon at
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/xva-img.git)
and Lintian made me aware of the following issue:

E: xva-img: possible-gpl-code-linked-with-openssl
N: 
N:This package appears to be covered by the GNU GPL but depends on the
N:OpenSSL libssl package and does not mention a license exemption or
N:exception for OpenSSL in its copyright file. The GPL (including version
N:3) is incompatible with some terms of the OpenSSL license, and therefore
N:Debian does not allow GPL-licensed code linked with OpenSSL libraries
N:unless there is a license exception explicitly permitting this.
N:
N:If only the Debian packaging, or some other part of the package not
N:linked with OpenSSL, is covered by the GNU GPL, please add a lintian
N:override for this tag. Lintian currently has no good way of
N:distinguishing between that case and problematic packages.
N:
N:Severity: serious, Certainty: wild-guess
N:
N:Check: copyright-file, Type: binary

I've filed a feature -eh- license update request upstream at
https://github.com/eriklax/xva-img/issues/5 to fix that.

Regards, Axel
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Bug#854490: RFP: xva-img -- Citrix XenServer .xva disk extraction tool

[Ian Jackson]

Axel Beckert writes ("Bug#854490: RFP: xva-img -- Citrix XenServer .xva disk 
extraction tool"):
> But I might maintain the tool within a team, e.g. under the Debian
> Forensics Team. I just don't have very often such files around for
> testing as I don't have access to such a server. So maybe someone who
> has more often contact with servers running Citrix XenServer could jump
> on the bandwagon, too, to maintain the package together.

Hi.  I might be able to help, or find someone who can help, or find
you test images, or something.

No promises, mind - this isn't particularly high up on my own priority
list at work.  But I can have a word with some of my colleagues closer
to XenServer/Xapi to see if they think this is a cool thing they may
want to help along a little.

Ian.

Bug#854490: RFP: xva-img -- Citrix XenServer .xva disk extraction tool

[Axel Beckert]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

* Package name: xva-img
  Version : 1.4
  Upstream Author : Erik Lax 
* URL or Web page : https://github.com/eriklax/xva-img
* License : GPL-2+
  Description : Citrix XenServer .xva disk extraction tool

xva-image is a tool to generate disk images from Citrix XenServer .xva
VM images as well as to generate .xva VM images from raw disks and the
according ova.xml files.

It's for example needed if you want to forensically analyse a virtual
machine in .xva format on a non-Citrix operating system.

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I've X-Debbugs-Cc'ed the Debian Forensics Team as well as the Kali
Developers as I assume that those are most likely interested in such a
tool.

I'll probably come up with a complete packaging for this tool, but don't
want to maintain it alone, hence RFP and not ITP.

But I might maintain the tool within a team, e.g. under the Debian
Forensics Team. I just don't have very often such files around for
testing as I don't have access to such a server. So maybe someone who
has more often contact with servers running Citrix XenServer could jump
on the bandwagon, too, to maintain the package together.

(Of course I don't mind if someone else takes over and maintains it
alone. :-)