Re: Orphaned packages looking for new maintainers (see note about xinetd)

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On Mon, Nov 02, 2020 at 11:25:39AM -0000, Michael J Gruber wrote:
> > ===== NOTE about xinetd =====
> > 
> > Many packagers are listed as affected by xinetd. The dependency chain is:
> > 
> > 	cvs (kasal, ppisar)
> > 		cvs-inetd.noarch requires xinetd
> > 
> > 	git (amahdal, besser82, chrisw, pcahyna, pstodulk, skisela, tmz)
> > 		git.src requires cvs
> > 		git-cvs.noarch requires cvs
> > 
> > 	<everything else> ( <everybody else>)
> > 		<package> requires git
> > 
> > Note that if xinetd indeed goes away, your package will most likely not be 
> > affected, unless you actually need git-cvs.
> > 
> > ===== end NOTE =====
> 
> Also, git requires only the client functionality, not cvs-inetd itself. So
> it would be good to get input from the former xinetd maintainer whether
> - xinetd should be retired fro some reason (and cvs should retire the
> cvs-inetd subpackage)
> - or xinetd should simply be picked up.
> 
I removed the cvs-inted subpackage from Fedora 34. Those who need to run a CVS
server can use systemd cvs@.service activated by cvs.socket instead.

I believe it's unlikely that somobody will adopt xinetd. It was orphaned
because its maintainer orphaned all his packages.

-- Petr

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