Bug#634262: arpwatch-ng status

[Afif Elghraoui]

Hi, Florian,

على الإثنين 21 تشرين الثاني 2016 ‫01:22، كتب Florian Schlichting:
> in 2014 when I created the Debian git repo, I also created an
> 'upstream-ng' branch so I (or someone else - I never got to it) could
> step through the development of arpwatch-ng in a little more detail and
> decide if that's a better upstream to base the Debian package on. You
> can still find that branch on github:
> 
> https://github.com/fschlich/Debian-arpwatch/commits/upstream-ng
> 
> Feel free to make use of any of it and push it to the git.d.o repo's
> upstream branch if you see fit - I'm glad if it's of use to anybody!
> 
>> > *  redirects to
>> > , and freecode is frozen since
>> > 2014[1]. It looks like the only way to contact upstream is to see
>> > whether freecode site support can help.
>> > 
>> > ...or fork the project again.
> I think the arpwatch-ng upstream is as dead as the arpwatch one. There
> are a few more repos and patches on github, but it doesn't look like
> anybody has stepped up to pick up the pieces. Still I think arpwatch
> continues to be useful, and if you find the time to look into the
> arpwatch-ng work and find it to be sensible, please go forth and upload
> a Debian package based on it!

Thanks for the information, but my interest in arpwatch was short-lived,
so I don't expect to be working on it. Your update might spark someone
else's interest, though, and it's good that it's now documented here.

Thanks and regards
Afif

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Bug#634262: arpwatch-ng status

[Florian Schlichting]

Hi Afif,

On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 12:59:44AM -0800, Afif Elghraoui wrote:
> * The site for arpwatch-ng () is
> down. I was able to find a snapshot of it from earlier this year
> (3/2016) at archive.org:
> 
> http://web.archive.org/web/20160321213852/http://freequaos.host.sk/arpwatch/
> 
> * From the above link, I was able to download the latest release, 1.7.

in 2014 when I created the Debian git repo, I also created an
'upstream-ng' branch so I (or someone else - I never got to it) could
step through the development of arpwatch-ng in a little more detail and
decide if that's a better upstream to base the Debian package on. You
can still find that branch on github:

https://github.com/fschlich/Debian-arpwatch/commits/upstream-ng

Feel free to make use of any of it and push it to the git.d.o repo's
upstream branch if you see fit - I'm glad if it's of use to anybody!

> *  redirects to
> , and freecode is frozen since
> 2014[1]. It looks like the only way to contact upstream is to see
> whether freecode site support can help.
> 
> ...or fork the project again.

I think the arpwatch-ng upstream is as dead as the arpwatch one. There
are a few more repos and patches on github, but it doesn't look like
anybody has stepped up to pick up the pieces. Still I think arpwatch
continues to be useful, and if you find the time to look into the
arpwatch-ng work and find it to be sensible, please go forth and upload
a Debian package based on it!

Florian

Bug#634262: arpwatch-ng status

[Afif Elghraoui]

Control: retitle -1 arpwatch: base packaging on arpwatch-ng sources

(Cc'ing people who were previously in contact on this ticket)

I'm not sure if anyone else might care about this, but I started looking
into the arpwatch situation. Here is what I've found out:

* The site for arpwatch-ng () is
down. I was able to find a snapshot of it from earlier this year
(3/2016) at archive.org:

http://web.archive.org/web/20160321213852/http://freequaos.host.sk/arpwatch/

* From the above link, I was able to download the latest release, 1.7.

* In the README, this is the extent of the contact information:

~~~
If you have suggestions or patches, please use freshmeat.net to locate the
project and then use "contact developer". Only there a recent and working
email address is published.
DO NOT PUBLISH MY EMAIL ADDRESS ANYWHERE - IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

Thank you.

-Freek/2005
~~~

*  redirects to
, and freecode is frozen since
2014[1]. It looks like the only way to contact upstream is to see
whether freecode site support can help.

...or fork the project again.

Anyway, I'm not sure if anyone is interested in pursuing this, but I
thought I should post the research I've just done in case it turns out
to be useful.

1. http://freecode.com/about

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