Hi kp,
>> - dropbear vs. sshd suite (dropbear does not appear to support sftpd)
>> - dnsmasq vs. djbdns suite and dhcp
>> - pump vs. isc-dhcp client vs. dhcpcd
>> there must be more of those...
>
> openvpn vs openswan? :))
I'm all for dropping unneeded extra packages (and sshd suite would be
one of them as far as I'm concerned, even if I was the one who started
that package way back when) - but openvpn vs openswan surely isn't a
candidate in my book (unless you're suggesting we should drop openswan,
which would be fine with me, since I don't use it :-))
> IMHO (re)building a package which is still used does not mean that we are
> responsible to solve each and every pb - once a security patch does not
> compile any longer opens up the issue to the community.
Kind of - to me, if "we" provide it, we're responsible. And providing an
ancient version that has known issues is a problem in my book.
At the same time, on one my routers, I use that old dhcp client
mentioned above (I don't even remember why I chose to use that instead
of dnsmasq - probably because a certain feature I needed wasn't fully
supported by dnsmasq). So I'd probably complain (or more likely, just
build my own) should you suddenly decide to discontinue that package.
Short version is - as long as we have somebody who feels responsible for
a package, I guess it's perfectly fine to have overlaps with other
packages. But when it comes to having to drag old stuff along, just
because it's been there all the time (like sshd - and who knows,
probably there are users that _need_ sshd because dropbear can't do what
they need it to do), it might be a good idea to look at wether it is
_really_ still needed (and if it is needed by somebody, maybe that
somebody will pick up maintaining that package).
Just my 2 Euro cents...
Martin
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