I actually agree that we should aim to remove these packages entirely, rather than merely demoting them.
I think removal of the server is a clear-cut case. Nobody should need to run a pptp server nowadays on Ubuntu, and if anyone is, forcing them to migrate to a better VPN solution on upgrade (or maintaining their own pptpd without Ubuntu support) is IMHO reasonable. Removing the client, I think, is less clear-cut. If you don't have a pptp server to talk to, then shipping the client is harmless. If you DO have a pptp server to talk to, then the client is essential. Anyone running a PPTP server on Windows these days should upgrade... but dropping the client support from Ubuntu doesn't give the Ubuntu users any more leverage to make their server admin upgrade, it just makes Ubuntu unusable in such an environment. So I think we should remove pptpd from the archive for noble, but that we should propose removal of the clients via discussion with the Debian maintainers. ** Changed in: pptpd (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2041751 Title: RM: Remove dangerously insecure MPPE PPTP from Ubuntu Status in linux package in Ubuntu: New Status in network-manager-pptp package in Ubuntu: New Status in pptp-linux package in Ubuntu: New Status in pptpd package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Remove dangerously insecure MPPE PPTP from Ubuntu https://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/protocol-security.phtml It has been dead for over 20 years now. Current Windows versions natively support IPSec and L2TP as much better alternatives. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fwp/ipsec- configuration#how-to-use-wfp-to-configure-ipsec-policies https://learn.microsoft.com/en-US/troubleshoot/windows- server/networking/configure-l2tp-ipsec-server-behind-nat-t-device To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/2041751/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp