Re: Webmin packages orphaned, new maintainer is needed
On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 07:20:37PM +0200, Finn-Arne Johansen wrote:
> While looking through the security buletin[1] for webmin, I found thet the
> current maintainer has orphaned the package[2]. This is a package the we
> really use in Debian-Edu/Skolelinux, and it should continue to be
> maintained.
>
> So if any volunteers, please step forward
Another way to solve the orphaned packages is to build or own control
application. There are several reasons to do so:
- webmin is orphaned
- some thinks that perl sucks
- Some of the modules we use really needs some cutomization anyway
(nfs-export, dhcp ++)
- A lot of things is missing
- Another framework than webmin may attract new developers
I guess there is plenty of other reasons.
If we look at what we actually uses in webmin:
module webmin/debian-edu Comment
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wlus debian-edu well, we need it to be faster, but it
gets the job done
wln debian-edu maybe it needs to interact with dhcp and
nfs-export (automount info in ldap)
nfs-export webmin see above
dhcp webmin see above, there is also a dependecy
problem with this one
squid webmin Needs to interact with
netgroups/userlist/ip-segments
nagios n/a Well nagios has kind of a status page,
but you need to edit text-files to actually
change anything
domain/network n/a We need the possibility to change
"everything about the installation". New
domain name, new IPRange for backbone..
I've probably forgot a lot of things, and some of you may disagree with
me about both asking the question, and the modules listed.
--
Finn-Arne Johansen
faj@bzz.no
http://bzz.no/
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