Re: Bug#925454: RM: tomcat8 -- ROM; Replaced by tomcat9
On Mon, 25 Mar 2019, Emmanuel Bourg wrote:
> Hi Thorsten,
>
> Le 25/03/2019 à 14:17, Thorsten Glaser a écrit :
>
> > Please don’t, tomcat9 has no sysvinit script, and you did
> > not like any of my suggestions for it.
>
> I don't mind if tomcat8 is released with Buster, but I won't be able to
> commit any time on the security fixes. Do you volunteer? The security
> team might want to have a say too.
I’d prefer if we could amend the tomcat9 package with a sysvinit
script. (Although we currently don’t have most inhouse software
tested with Tomcat 9, that can be done.) On the other hand, by
now, also the SRM need to agree to that upload.
I’d very happily maintain the init script.
If this is not possible, I’d agree to upload fixes for tomcat8,
if I get a hold of them. I see upstream has not published an
EOL date for 8.5, and the antecessor Tomcat 7 is still supported,
so this might be feasible. I have no problem doing this in the
experimental distribution. I would, however, appreciate a ping
whenever there’s something, as I have no means to know when
something relevant were to pop up.
But somehow, I think the “let’s add a sensible init script to
tomcat9 now” is the better solution for everyone. Emmanuel, can
you please reconsider your rejection? Then we can ask SRM if
they’d allow it.
To recall the justification I posted to the list that were,
IIRC, never replied:
I will happily maintain the init script. If there’s something,
ping me. I know shell scripting very well. And even if I don’t
respond for weeks on end (unlikely) you can still remove it if
it’s RC-buggy, but I’d prefer keeping it in.
(The only sad thing is that I had ideas of creating a better
init script concept, and that was not done obviously.)
bye,
//mirabilos
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