[Pkg-privacy-maintainers] Bug#839626: anon-proxy: outdated and unmaintained upstream

[Holger Levsen]

package: anon-proxy
severity: serious
x-debbugs-cc: pkg-privacy-maintainers at lists.alioth.debian.org

On Sun, Oct 02, 2016 at 05:49:29PM +0200, intrigeri wrote:
> Holger Levsen:
> > I noticed src:anon-proxy was uploaded today (*) and I am wondering: does it
> > still work at all? Is it recommended to use it at all?
> 
> It seems that upstream development stopped in 2009. There have been
> quite some developments in this area since then (most of it being
> reflected in updates to the Tor design), and I have concerns that
> anon-proxy may not safe to use nowadays.
> 
> It seems that their set of free relays is very low:
> https://anon.inf.tu-dresden.de/status.php?lang=en
> 
> I guess that Lunar would know more than me about it, but with the
> limited info I have in hand, I would recommend _not_ including
> anon-proxy in any stable Debian release (and even more so an outdated
> release).

ok, thanks, for now just filing a bug to prevent it from reaching testing.

If this situation doesn't change it's probably proper to file an RM bug
to get the package removed from unstable too.


-- 
cheers,
	Holger
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