Bug#1074109: RM: rsh-redone -- RoQA; obsolete; unmaintained; will break soon
On Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 05:30:08PM +0200, Patrik Schindler wrote: > > login will soon drop support for "-h" (= remote logins), then rsh will also > > be broken. > > Any reference on this? Actually, -r was already removed in this release: https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/releases/tag/4.16.0 I'll import that for trixie soon. Chris
Bug#1074109: RM: rsh-redone -- RoQA; obsolete; unmaintained; will break soon
Hello, > please remove rsh-redone, a reimplementation of rsh. Unfortunately it's been > orphaned in Debian in 2020, and upstream also stopped working on it 6 years > ago. While I understand that the lack of a maintainer is a good reason to remove a package, "upstream stopped working on it" may be not. > login will soon drop support for "-h" (= remote logins), then rsh will also > be broken. Any reference on this? > I hope that all systems have transitioned to ssh in the meantime. Nope. I still have use cases in tightly controlled LAN environments where raw transfer speed vs. useless CPU cycle burning for encryption is sought after. Also, there is sometimes compatibility needed to older IBM operating systems in the Midrange/Mainframe environment but with a current Linux base. Pity that those niches are not enough to keep r* commands alive. Just my $.02. :wq! PoC
Bug#1074109: RM: rsh-redone -- RoQA; obsolete; unmaintained; will break soon
Package: ftp.debian.org Severity: normal User: ftp.debian@packages.debian.org Usertags: remove X-Debbugs-Cc: rsh-red...@packages.debian.org Control: affects -1 + src:rsh-redone Hi, please remove rsh-redone, a reimplementation of rsh. Unfortunately it's been orphaned in Debian in 2020, and upstream also stopped working on it 6 years ago. login will soon drop support for "-h" (= remote logins), then rsh will also be broken. I hope that all systems have transitioned to ssh in the meantime. Chris
