Bug#905014: RFA: dhcpy6d -- MAC address aware DHCPv6 server written in Python
Package: wnpp
Severity: normal
Tags: ipv6
Hi,
due to a job change a while ago, I'm no more using dhcpy6d and I
currently also don't have a setup where I'm able to test it properly
before uploading.
The listed co-maintainer, Henri Wahl (X-Debbugs-Cc'ed), is actually
upstream and he has started the package initially while I revamped it to
be uptodate with Debian standards.
Upstream does publish .deb packages of dhcpy6d, but they're meant for
Debian Stable and their packaging doesn't change much unless the package
in Debian Unstable changes. Upstream says, he's not experienced enough
with Debian's standards and procedures to maintain the Debian's official
dhcpy6d package himself alone. (And he would need a sponsor anyways.)
So we're basically searching for someone who can take over the main part
of packaging work for dhcpy6d. Anything which is related to upstream
code should be already covered by Henri as the communication with him
works very good (usually GPG encrypted :-). It works so good that we
currently do the Debian packaging in upstream's git repo at
https://github.com/HenriWahl/dhcpy6d in the branch "debian".
Currently the dhcpy6d package in Debian is multiple releases behind
upstream: 0.4.3 vs 0.7.2. So getting a new upstream version into Debian
would be the first thing to do for the prospective new maintainer of
this package. It's already a "3.0 quilt" package, but still at debhelper
9 and standards version 3.9.8 (as in Stretch).
Information about the package:
Package: dhcpy6d
Version: 0.4.3-1
Installed-Size: 255
Maintainer: Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>
Architecture: all
Depends: adduser, ucf, python:any (<< 2.8), python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.16.5)
Suggests: python-dnspython, python-mysqldb, python-psycopg2
Description-en: MAC address aware DHCPv6 server written in Python
Dhcpy6d delivers IPv6 addresses for DHCPv6 clients, which can be
identified by DUID, hostname or MAC address as in the good old IPv4
days. It allows easy dualstack transition, addresses may be
generated randomly, by range, by arbitrary ID or MAC address. Clients
can get more than one address, leases and client configuration can be
stored in databases and DNS can be updated dynamically.
Homepage: https://dhcpy6d.ifw-dresden.de/
Tag: implemented-in::python, interface::daemon, network::configuration,
network::server, protocol::dhcp, protocol::ipv6, role::program,
scope::utility, use::configuring
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/dhcpy6d/dhcpy6d_0.4.3-1_all.deb
Size: 58434
Package: dhcpy6d
Binary: dhcpy6d
Version: 0.4.3-1
Maintainer: Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>
Uploaders: Henri Wahl <h.wahl@ifw-dresden.de>
Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9~), python-all (>= 2.6.6-3~)
Build-Depends-Indep: dh-python
Architecture: all
Standards-Version: 3.9.8
Format: 3.0 (quilt)
Files:
3c202b1824f0381022c188d79cf1c086 1886 dhcpy6d_0.4.3-1.dsc
429c1a0f66e6dd6453bb94ace7a1f03c 70668 dhcpy6d_0.4.3.orig.tar.gz
4e1aeafd2655bf8962ff7d9542489e16 5732 dhcpy6d_0.4.3-1.debian.tar.xz
Vcs-Browser: https://github.com/HenriWahl/dhcpy6d
Vcs-Git: https://github.com/HenriWahl/dhcpy6d.git -b debian
Homepage: https://dhcpy6d.ifw-dresden.de/
Package-List:
dhcpy6d deb net optional arch=all
Directory: pool/main/d/dhcpy6d
Priority: extra
Regards, Axel
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