Bug#900422: O: mdns-scan -- Scan for mDNS/DNS-SD services published on the local network
Package: wnpp
Severity: normal
I intend to orphan the mdns-scan package.
The package description is:
mdns-scan is a tool for scanning for mDNS/DNS-SD services published
on the local network.
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It works by issuing a mDNS PTR query to the special RR
_services._dns-sd._udp.local for retrieving a list of all currently
registered services on the local link.
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mDNS/DNS-SD is part of Apple's Zeroconf strategy (a.k.a. Bonjour).
The avahi-daemon package is an implementation of mDNS/DNS-SD.
The package was maintained within the pkg-utopia team but no one is
actively looking after it anymore and therefor needs a new maintainer.
Upstream unfortunately is dead. The last release is from 2008.
Anyone adopting this package will have to keep in mind that this means
to take over the role as upstream as well.
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