[Fingerforce-devel] ThinkFinger in unstable?

[Miguel Gea Milvaques]

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Luca Capello wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Except from the already known errors (missing integration with some
> tools due to buggy PAM implementations [1][2][3] and an already known
> SSH segfault [4][5]), I'm not aware of any big problem with
> thinkfinger in Debian [6].
>
> Now that PAM-0.99 landed in unstable [7], I'm going to rebuilt the
> experimental packages with the new PAM.  Thus, I propose to target
> unstable instead of experimental, for different reasons.
>
> 1) it seems that thinkfinger development has stalled a bit (the last
>    SVN commit is 5-month-old)
>   
Yes...
> 2) experimental poses a big problem for backports: only packages in
>    testing can be in the official backporst.org repository [8], this
>    means that all etch users cannot install it (especially packages
>    built with newer PAM versions)
>
> 3) while I completely agree with Miguel about going for experimental
>    because of [9], since the new PAM module is still "vacant", it's
>    time to provide a working solution at least for now (and then
>    manage the transition)
>   
It has 41 installations in popcorn without any rc bug report (a lot of
installations if we think it's in experimental!).

I'm steel working in daemon pam and modules. It needs a lot of work and
a lot of testing, so I think
it will be enought madure for Lenny+1 (If Lenny release time is not too
large).

I agree now is time to let it enter unstable (testing and backports).
I'm sure it's going to have a lot of
installations in unstable. It will be interesting to do a call for
testing it to avoid problems.
> Comments and/or suggestions?
>
> Thx, bye,
> Gismo / Luca
>
> Footnotes: 
> [1] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.thinkfinger/422
> [2] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.thinkfinger/424
> [3] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.thinkfinger/430
> [4] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.thinkfinger/434
> [5] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.thinkfinger/377
> [6] julioh on #fingerforce never submitted any bug to the BTS, thus I
>     guess his problem was solved
> [7] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2007/08/msg01002.html
> [8] http://www.backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=contribute#packaging
> [9] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/fingerforce-devel/2007-May/000001.html
>
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