Bug#892001: ITP: dbus-broker -- Linux D-Bus Message Broker
On 25/10/2019 14:31, Luca Boccassi wrote:
> Any update on dbus-broker? If you are looking for a sponsor, I am
> willing to help.
Hello Luca,
my work on dbus-broker stalled a while ago. The package is functional
but there was consensus that adding it to the archive required major
restructuring of how systemd user instance services are activated,
requiring patches for init-system-helpers and debhelper. Unfortunately
it took me 4 months to have those patches reviewed. After that I didn't
have time to dedicate to this little project.
To bring dbus-broker into the archive it is at least necessary to update
the package to the latest upstream release, update the package to make
use of the added functionality in debhelper (dh_installsystemduser).
That's probably not very difficult to do.
In the long run, it would probably be necessary to coordinate with the
dbus maintainers on the best way forward for splitting the dbus package
into smaller pieces so that dbus-broker would not have to (transitively)
depend on dbus-deamon.
I am still interested in working on this but I don't have much free time
at the moment and I prefer to work on more rewarding things. Seeing that
there is some interest in seeing dbus-broker in Debian may be enough of
an incentive to work again on this, but I cannot promise anything.
The current status of the package is here:
https://salsa.debian.org/dnn-guest/dbus-broker
Cheers,
Dan
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