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Bug#996850: ITP: rhsrvany -- Windows tools used by virt-v2v



The package is done and works well, I just haven't had time to find a sponsor and follow it through the new queue process.

Ryan

On Mon, Jul 24, 2023, 11:09 AM Lee Garrett <debian@rocketjump.eu> wrote:
Hi Ryan,

is there any update on the packaging progress?

Greets,
Lee


On Tue, 19 Oct 2021 10:48:35 -0500 Ryan Pavlik <ryan@ryanpavlik.com> wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Ryan Pavlik <ryan@ryanpavlik.com>
> X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
>
> * Package name    : rhsrvany
>   Version         : 0.20210127
>   Upstream Author : Richard W.M. Jones, Red Hat Inc.
> * URL             : https://github.com/rwmjones/rhsrvany
> * License         : GPL-2+
>   Programming Lang: C
>   Description     : Windows tools used by virt-v2v
>
>  This package contains open-source replacements for
>  proprietary Windows tools, SrvAny (RHSrvAny) and pnp_wait.
>  They are used by the virt-v2v tool when converting
>  Windows virtual machines.
>
> This is required for virt-v2v (see https://bugs.debian.org/962293)
> which was formerly part of libguestfs in Buster and now the
> subject of its own RFP bug linked above.
> The draft of that package is in the libvirt team,
> and if this package is accepted, I'd anticipate joining that team
> for team maintenance and sponsorship. The code itself is quite stable,
> with a limited purpose and having seen little need for changes in
> the past several years, so I anticipate
> packaging maintenance load to be low.
>

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