[Oval-devel] OVAL Debian package

[Chandrashekhar B]

Hello Pavel,

Thanks for the response.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: blaze at nixdev.net [mailto:blaze at nixdev.net] On Behalf Of Pavel
> Vinogradov
> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 10:18 AM
> To: Chandrashekhar B
> Cc: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña; oval-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org
> Subject: Re: OVAL Debian package
> 
>   Hello, Chandra.
> 
> Yes, i'm still maintaining OVAL package in Debian. Currently i work on
> packaging new upstream version 5.7.1 to include it in next Debian
> release.
> At this point most things are good.

Good to know.

> 
> But we have second point - dsa2oval definitions convertor. As i
> remeber you already send some patches to improve it.

Yes, we have introduced number of changes. The same is being used now to
generate OVAL's for the latest advisories and submitting to OVAL repository.


> Currently i see three task for dsa2oval:
> 
>  * review source code of this converter for last 5.7.1 OVAL schema and
> test it with current python version

I think we deviated a bit from your original source. We'll take the latest
code from oval-server package and test it for 5.7.1


>  * think about support Ubuntu security advisories
>  * packaging it and upload to Debian

Yes, this will be the next goal.

> 
> Maybe you have own suggestion or ideas aboud improvements Oval and
> Debian integration.
> I'm open to collaborate in maintaining and improvement Oval and Debian
> integration, please subscribe and use special (Debian) oval-devel
> maillist <oval-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org> to keep all discussions
> in one place.

Yes, I am on the list already. 

Thanks,
Chandra.

> 
> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Chandrashekhar B <bchandra at secpod.com>
> wrote:
> > Hello Pavel,
> >
> > How are you?
> >
> > I see that you are maintaining the OVAL packages. Please let us know if
> you
> > need any help with it or if you think there's any code updates required.
> I
> > can have someone from my team work with you on that.
> 
> --
> Pavel Vinogradov
> NixDev.Net, Open Source Developer