Bug 182112

Summary:	sys-apps/shadow: upstream is unreachable -- no website, no mailing list
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Benno Schulenberg <bensberg>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	VERIFIED UPSTREAM
Severity:	normal	CC:	vanya
Priority:	High
Version:	2006.1
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://shadow.pld.org.pl/
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Benno Schulenberg 2007-06-15 10:41:38 UTC

Shadow's website has been 404 for at least two months now.  Mail to the mailing list is undeliverable.  Mail to the maintainer does not get answered.

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-06-15 10:43:24 UTC

And, we should do exactly what? :-)

Comment 2 Benno Schulenberg 2007-06-15 13:12:07 UTC

Mark it as dead, you silly cow.  Remove "http://shadow.pld.org.pl/" from the ebuild and say it is dead, gone, lost instead.

Comment 3 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-06-15 14:01:04 UTC

Except that HOMEPAGE cannot be empty. Absolutely no need to offend anyone here.

Comment 4 Benno Schulenberg 2007-06-15 20:09:13 UTC

Then replace its content with "d0d0, DEAD".  What's the use of pointing the user to a non-existent page?  --  Or at least prefix the URL with some indication that the website is dead.  Present accurate info, not a false hope.

Comment 5 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-06-15 20:13:06 UTC

No.