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Bug 300218 - net-fs/netatalk removal request (blocks glibc stabilization)
Summary: net-fs/netatalk removal request (blocks glibc stabilization)
Status: RESOLVED LATER
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo TreeCleaner Project
URL:
Whiteboard: Pending removal: 2010-02-07
Keywords: PMASKED
Depends on:
Blocks: 133575 247972 CVE-2008-5718 261791 279057 279637 288123
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Reported: 2010-01-08 20:24 UTC by Samuli Suominen (RETIRED)
Modified: 2010-01-23 18:13 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Description Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2010-01-08 20:24:14 UTC
This package is blocking bug 289342, and because noone seems to care, it should be removed from tree asap.

See the bugs linked here.

I would appericiate a few "I agree" answers ;-)
Comment 1 Mark Loeser (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2010-01-08 20:27:16 UTC
Punt it if no one cares about it enough to fix it.
Comment 2 Viktor S 2010-01-08 20:40:45 UTC
Maybe it'd be possible to bump it to the latest version (2.0.5) and that would fix it? But if it has no maintainer maybe it'd be all in vain anyway ... Besides, who uses appletalk nowadays anyway? Nobody, that's who! Probably best to let this one die.
Comment 3 Jeremy Olexa (darkside) (RETIRED) archtester gentoo-dev Security 2010-01-08 21:11:37 UTC
(In reply to comment #2)

> Besides, who uses appletalk nowadays anyway? Nobody, that's who! Probably best
> to let this one die.

http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-alt/msg_220b65758384b819b46fe1c1e06f8924.xml
Comment 4 Denny Page 2010-01-08 23:23:15 UTC
(In reply to comment #2)
> Besides, who uses appletalk nowadays anyway? Nobody, that's who! Probably best
> to let this one die.

Perhaps not the appletalk protocol so much, but people certainly do use AFP (Apple Filesharing Protocol) which is part of the netatalk distribution.
Comment 5 Viktor S 2010-01-09 02:34:18 UTC
(In reply to comment #3)
> (In reply to comment #2)
> 
> > Besides, who uses appletalk nowadays anyway? Nobody, that's who! Probably best
> > to let this one die.
> 
> http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-alt/msg_220b65758384b819b46fe1c1e06f8924.xml
> 
That's great, we've got a new maintainer in other words? :)
And that doesn't take away the fact that the margin of use for this is still very small. Is it worth the trouble really unless someone steps up to maintainer-ship?
Comment 6 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2010-01-09 17:30:51 UTC
It doesn't fix itself, masked for removal
Comment 7 Wilbur Pan 2010-01-09 21:21:39 UTC
(In reply to comment #4)
> (In reply to comment #2)
> > Besides, who uses appletalk nowadays anyway? Nobody, that's who! Probably best
> > to let this one die.
> 
> Perhaps not the appletalk protocol so much, but people certainly do use AFP
> (Apple Filesharing Protocol) which is part of the netatalk distribution.
> 

For what it's worth, I'm one that uses AFP extensively.  Unfortunately, I don't know enough about ebuilds to act as a maintainer.  Maybe if there was a way to help me get oriented...
Comment 8 Viktor S 2010-01-10 02:32:24 UTC
(In reply to comment #7)
> (In reply to comment #4)
> > (In reply to comment #2)
> > > Besides, who uses appletalk nowadays anyway? Nobody, that's who! Probably best
> > > to let this one die.
> > 
> > Perhaps not the appletalk protocol so much, but people certainly do use AFP
> > (Apple Filesharing Protocol) which is part of the netatalk distribution.
> > 
> 
> For what it's worth, I'm one that uses AFP extensively.  Unfortunately, I don't
> know enough about ebuilds to act as a maintainer.  Maybe if there was a way to
> help me get oriented...
> 
http://devmanual.gentoo.org/
Get going if you want this to remain in tree! :)
Comment 9 Ben XO 2010-01-10 16:49:22 UTC
netatalk is a prerequisite if you want to use your Linux machine as a TimeMachine backup host for your Mac. Definitely alarmed that netatalk may be removed - haven't heard any publicity for a maintainer. I may have a look and see...
Comment 10 Ben XO 2010-01-10 18:52:30 UTC
There seems to be a netatalk-2.0.5 ebuild here: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=279057 ... is removal still required?
Comment 11 Viktor S 2010-01-10 19:40:43 UTC
(In reply to comment #10)
> There seems to be a netatalk-2.0.5 ebuild here:
> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=279057 ... is removal still required?
> 
As long as there is no maintainer it'll be pruned is the policy on these things. Especially since it's a blocker for glibc 2.10 stabilization. Just bumping the ebuild won't be enough since it'll create the same situation later down the road. Even if it does get pruned, you can ofc still use it via your own overlay. The 2.0.5 ebuild you linked to seems fine.
Comment 12 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2010-01-10 23:11:57 UTC
netatalk has been granted a stay of execution per a proxy maintainer.  i'm likely to not do this again if proxy maintainership fails.
Comment 13 Doug Goldstein (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2010-01-10 23:39:19 UTC
(In reply to comment #12)
> netatalk has been granted a stay of execution per a proxy maintainer.  i'm
> likely to not do this again if proxy maintainership fails.
> 

gah damn you. You committed mere minutes before me. There's still a few issues in the ebuild that I'll clean up.
Comment 14 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2010-01-11 04:38:04 UTC
the changes all look fine except for the part where you reverted the shadow handling.  there's no need to handle --enable-shadow as i commented in the ebuild.
Comment 15 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2010-01-13 13:15:37 UTC
i'm going to assume that was an accident and revert it then
Comment 16 Patrik Osgnach 2010-01-21 12:03:17 UTC
What other AFP server are we supposed to use?
Comment 17 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2010-01-23 18:13:47 UTC
that isnt our problem.  if this package matters to you, help in maintaining it.