[Pkg-freeipa-devel] Removal of FreeIPA from Debian Testing

[Stuart Blake Tener]

  To whom it shall concern,
   
  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.
   
  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.
   
  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.
   
  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.
   
  https://pagure.io/freeipa/issue/7301
   
  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.
   
  Please do have a most happy, healthy, and safe holiday season.


 
  Very Respectfully,

Stuart Blake Tener, BScCS, N3GWG (Extra), MROP
Computer Scientist / FCC Licensed Radio Operator

Las Vegas, NV / Philadelphia, PA

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