Re: Remove package 'userv'
On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 10:42:43PM -0400, Joe Nahmias wrote:
> Package: userv
> Maintainer: Ian Jackson <ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk>
> Suggestion: remove package, mark DD emeritus (?)
> Analysis:
> His only remaining package. Seems similar to sudo. Hasn't had a
> maintainer upload in two years. Was woefully out of date and broken
> before the recent NMU. I know he's the chair of the Tech-Ctte, but
> there hasn't been any activity there either in a while... Maybe someone
> knows better / different ?
Oh, also, sauce (same maintainer, different e-mail address) has been
updated quite recently.
userv is NOT replaceable with sudo; its security properties are very
different. Please don't remove it :)
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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