Re: Debian Newbie looking for Usefull Tools

[Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@getmail.com>]

Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> wrote:

> Andrei Popescu wrote:
> > The next release of Debian will *not* include Webmin. Unless you plan
> > to stick with 3.1 (sarge) even after the release of 4.0 (etch), you
> > will have to compile it yourself.

> How come?

The webmin package has been orphaned quite some time now (almost a
year). That means there is no maintainer for it. You can still use it
but it won't be updated. It will only receive security updates as long
as sarge is supported by the security team.

Regards,
Andrei
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