Bug#966273: RFA: fam -- File Alteration Monitor
Hi,
On Sat, 25 Jul 2020 11:49:07 -0700 Chuan-kai Lin <cklin@debian.org> wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: normal
>
> I request an adopter for the fam package.
>
> I can no longer invest sufficient time to maintain this package.
> Upstream had disappeared a long time ago, and gamin is a better
> maintained alternative.
>
> The package description is:
> FAM monitors files and directories, notifying interested applications
> of changes.
> .
> This package provides a server that can monitor a given list of files
> and notify applications through a socket. If the kernel supports
> dnotify (kernels >= 2.4.x) FAM is notified directly by the kernel.
> Otherwise it has to poll the files' status. FAM can also provide an
> RPC service for monitoring remote files (such as on a mounted NFS
> filesystem).
Is there any reason to keep FAM around any longer in your opinion, given
upstream is dead and there is gamin?
Or, in other words, why didn't you file a package removal request?
Imho providing a package that runs a (even if just local) service as
root doesn't combine well with a dead upstream with regards to security.
I see the following reverse dependencies in aptitude:
fam: (recommends) gnubiff
libfam0: (depends)
courier-base
courier-imap
doodled
gnubiff
libkf5coreaddons5
lighttpd
omake
sqwebmail
Is any of these known to actually need fam instead of gamin? (For
lighttpd I happen to know it is probably the other way round:
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/lighttpd/-/merge_requests/18)
cheers,
Stefan
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