[Pkg-nginx-maintainers] Bug#921034: Depends on MaxMind GeoIP Legacy databases - superseded by GeoIP2

[Nicolas Dandrimont]

Package: libnginx-mod-http-geoip
Version: 1.14.2-2
Severity: important

Dear maintainer,

In its current form, the geoip module for nginx depends on the MaxMind GeoIP
database in the Legacy format, the free version of which (GeoLite Legacy) has
been deprecated since January 2018 and discontinued at the beginning of 2019.

https://support.maxmind.com/geolite-legacy-discontinuation-notice/

Paying customers of MaxMind still get access to the GeoIP Legacy database as far
as I can tell, however people who used the royalty-free option such as the
DebConf Video Team can't do that any longer.

To make sure IP Geolocation functionality stays functional long-term in nginx,
please consider providing a GeoIP2 module such as
https://github.com/leev/ngx_http_geoip2_module.

Thanks for your work on nginx!

-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages libnginx-mod-http-geoip depends on:
ii  libc6         2.28-5
ii  libgeoip1     1.6.12-1
ii  nginx-common  1.14.2-2

libnginx-mod-http-geoip recommends no packages.

libnginx-mod-http-geoip suggests no packages.

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