[Pkg-nginx-maintainers] Would it be possible to package the SPNEGO/GSSAPI module now?

[Jérémy Lal]

Le sam. 11 mars 2023 à 19:19, David Härdeman <david at hardeman.nu> a écrit :

> Dear maintainers,
>
> the SPNEGO module is a necessary prerequisite for single-sign-on
> support in Kerberos-based networks:
>
> https://github.com/stnoonan/spnego-http-auth-nginx-module
>
> It appears to have been one of the most commonly requested modules in
> the past, e.g.:
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=790623
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/nginx/+bug/1486532
>
> I'm well aware that there's a sticky in the bug reporting system with the
> title
> "[Sticky] No New Modules or Flavors"...but I was under the impression that
> this was
> mostly while the maintainer team focused on the loadable module support?
>
> Would it be possible to consider including the SPNEGO module now that
> third party
> modules have been reorganised to separate repos/packages (since version
> 1.22.1-5)?
>
> Cheers,
> David
>
> FWIW, I tried downloading the above repo and copied the "debian" directory
> over
> from one of the other third-party modules (libnginx-mod-http-brotli IIRC),
> did some
> quick search-and-replace and then managed to build a package...so I
> assume/hope the
> effort to package the module would not be all too extreme...
>

Hi David,

packaging a new nginx module has been made really easy recently,
thanks to current nginx debian maintainers.

Note that whatever happens it's too late to get it accepted into next
debian stable release (12, a.k.a. bookworm).

If you want to contribute your debian packaging work, you might need a
repository there:
https://salsa.debian.org/nginx-team/
(i can do that for you, but you will have to request membership).

Please don't hesitate to ask for more help.

Jérémy




However it's really too late to add a new package for debian 12 a.k.a.
bookworm.
But that doesn't stop anyone from packaging it right now.

Jérémy
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