Unsupported packages for Wheezy LTS

[Raphael Hertzog]

[ Many people are on copy, please trim the list as appropriate when you reply ]

On Wed, 19 Aug 2015, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote:
> as a followup to yesterday's BoF I compared the list of unsupported
> packages in Squeeze LTS against the current status quo:

> Support for these ended in Wheezy already, so unsupported in LTS as well:
> chromium-browser
> typo3-src
> mediawiki (support will cease in April 2016)

For mediawiki, might it not make sense to update to a new upstream version
when upstream supports ends? I know there's an ecosystem of plugins and
stuff like that but having to deal with an upgrade is probably better than
having a Mediawiki with security holes...

> Not covered by security support in normal security support, did
> someone actually check whether this still works in LTS? IMHO
> LTS should be limited to main. We shouldn't endorse the Flash plugin
> in LTS:
> flashplugin-nonfree

I agree that non-free should not be covered.

> Should probably be dropped:
> 
> mantis
> -> No active maintainer for years, has been kept on life support
>    via security updates, frequent issues

Ack.

> asterisk
> -> Complicated to update/test, lack of effort by maintainers

Pinging the Asterisk maintainers. Do you think it is realistic to
support asterisk 1.8.13.1 in wheezy until May 2018?

Shall it be excluded from LTS support? Do you think you can support
it through backports?

(I see you have troubles supporting it in unstable/testing already...)

> openswan
> -> Dead upstream, strongswan exists as a supported alternative

Ack.

> movabletype-opensource
> -> Upstream went closed source, Dominic kept in on life support,
> should be checked with him

Dominic, do you think movabletype-opensource can be supported in wheezy
until May 2018?

Cheers,
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Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer

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