Bug 180351

Summary:	net-firewall/firestarter-1.0.3 hard mask stable
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Matthew Schultz <mattsch>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=483106
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Matthew Schultz 2007-05-30 15:03:36 UTC

Why is firestarter now hard-masked and stable?  I don't see anything in the changelog explaining why this has been hard-masked.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 Ali Polatel (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-05-30 15:11:25 UTC

hawking@mars % grep -B 10 net-firewall/firestarter profiles/package.mask
# Michael Sterrett <mr_bones_@gentoo.org> (30 May 2007)
# masked for removal on 20070629
# Upstream is dead and there are several open bugs:
# http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=146620
# http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=179792
# http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=180104
# http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=180105
# See http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.firewalls.firestarter.user/1342
# for a thread on the mailing list regarding the state of things, including
# mention of the problems with the newest netfilter code.
net-firewall/firestarter

Also have a look at:
http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/msg_145735.xml

Comment 2 Matthew Schultz 2007-05-30 16:41:27 UTC

There is a lot of software out there that doesn't work properly and yet it is still in the tree.  I don't see the problem of gentoo package maintainers just patching the problem.  Also, it would be regrettable if this package was removed and there wasn't a package to replace it.  I would like to know of another program that allows you to manipulate iptables through a gui.

Comment 3 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-05-31 10:17:57 UTC

Read the package.mask entry and relevant thread on gentoo-dev mailing list. Not a bug.