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To whom it shall concern,</div>
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Let me initiate my epistle by stating that I appreciate in no uncertain terms all of the hard work and donated time that many of you put into Debian Linux.</div>
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Whereas I am a user of both the FreeIPA package (generally throughout my home lab) and I also am a user of the Kali Linux distribution (based on Debian Testing), I recently became concerned with the removal of FreeIPA packages (the client really in the case of Kali Linux) from the Debian Testing variant of Debian Linux. One can surely assert that a production version of Kali Linux based on a distribution from Debian labeled as "Testing" is less than wise, but that is not a choice I feel I can have much impact upon where impelling the reintroduction of FreeIPA into Debian Unstable and then Debian Testing might be more probable.</div>
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Paultag instructed me that the reason for FreeIPA having been removed from Debian Unstable and by proxy Debian Testing was that there was an issue regarding "nose" and the "RC bug". Worthy of notation is that my limited research would indicate that the issue was resolved some years ago, yet FreeIPA was removed quite recently. Whatever the case about that (presuming I am misunderstanding something) FreeIPA 4.12 is out and I hope that this resolves the aforementioned issue and can be rolled back into Debian Unstable and thereafter Debian Testing in a brisk manner.</div>
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This message is the basis upon which I thought this issue was resolved quite some time ago and why I was perplexed by the only recent removal of FreeIPA from Debian Unstable and Debian testing.</div>
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https://pagure.io/freeipa/issue/7301</div>
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Thank you so very much for taking the time to look into the concern before you regarding the instant case and I welcome your reply comments.</div>
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Please do have a most happy, healthy, and safe holiday season.</div>
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Very Respectfully,<br>
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Stuart Blake Tener, BScCS, N3GWG (Extra), MROP<br>
Computer Scientist / FCC Licensed Radio Operator<br>
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Las Vegas, NV / Philadelphia, PA<br>
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