Work-needing packages report for Dec 20, 2019

[wnpp]

The following is a listing of packages for which help has been requested
through the WNPP (Work-Needing and Prospective Packages) system in the
last week.

Total number of orphaned packages: 1241 (new: 12)
Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 239 (new: 0)
Total number of packages requested help for: 60 (new: 0)

Please refer to https://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ for more information.



The following packages have been orphaned:

   lzo2 (#946756), orphaned 4 days ago
 Description: data compression library
 Reverse Depends: bacula-fd bacula-sd bareos-common btrfs-progs
   cb2bib crash dact dolphin-emu dump fsarchiver (39 more omitted)
 Installations reported by Popcon: 122477
 Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/946756

   lzop (#946757), orphaned 4 days ago
 Description: fast compression program
 Reverse Depends: forensics-extra libguestfs0 sanoid
 Installations reported by Popcon: 11102
 Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/946757

   python-h11 (#947014), orphaned today
 Description: Pure-Python, bring-your-own-I/O implementation of
   HTTP/1.1 (Python 3)
 Reverse Depends: mitmproxy python3-uvicorn python3-wsproto
 Installations reported by Popcon: 294
 Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/947014

   python-h2 (#947010), orphaned today
 Description: Pure-Python HTTP/2 State-Machine based protocol
   implementation in python
 Reverse Depends: bdfproxy mitmproxy
 Installations reported by Popcon: 295
 Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/947010

   python-hpack (#947011), orphaned today
 Description: Pure-Python HTTP/2 header encoding (HPACK)
 Reverse Depends: bdfproxy python3-h2
 Installations reported by Popcon: 299
 Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/947011

   python-hyperframe (#947013), orphaned today
 Description: Pure-Python HTTP/2 framing code
 Reverse Depends: bdfproxy mitmproxy python3-h2
 Installations reported by Popcon: 299
 Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/947013

   python-jsbeautifier (#947018), orphaned today
 Description: JavaScript unobfuscator and beautifier (python2)
 Reverse Depends: jsbeautifier
 Installations reported by Popcon: 491
 Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/947018

   python-kaitaistruct (#947016), orphaned today
 Description: Kaitai Struct declarative parser generator for binary
   data
 Reverse Depends: mitmproxy
 Installations reported by Popcon: 263
 Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/947016

   python-kaptan (#947015), orphaned today
 Description: Python configuration manager in various formats
 Reverse Depends: python3-tmuxp
 Installations reported by Popcon: 69
 Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/947015

   python-pyperclip (#947019), orphaned today
 Description: Cross-platform clipboard module for Python
 Reverse Depends: bdfproxy budgie-quickchar mitmproxy python3-cmd2
   upass
 Installations reported by Popcon: 1011
 Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/947019

   python-typing (#947020), orphaned today
 Description: Backport of the standard 3.5 library typing module
 Reverse Depends: python-curtsies python-flake8 python-m2crypto
   python-sphinx
 Installations reported by Popcon: 3311
 Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/947020

   python-wsproto (#947025), orphaned today
 Description: WebSockets state-machine based protocol implementation
   (Python3)
 Reverse Depends: mitmproxy python3-uvicorn
 Installations reported by Popcon: 260
 Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/947025

1229 older packages have been omitted from this listing, see
https://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/orphaned for a complete list.



No new packages have been given up for adoption, but a total of 239 packages
are awaiting adoption.  See https://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/rfa_bypackage
for a complete list.



For the following packages help is requested:

   autopkgtest (#846328), requested 1114 days ago
 Description: automatic as-installed testing for Debian packages
 Reverse Depends: debci-worker
 Installations reported by Popcon: 1182
 Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/846328

   balsa (#642906), requested 3007 days ago
 Description: An e-mail client for GNOME
 Installations reported by Popcon: 714
 Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/642906

   broadcom-sta (#886599), requested 710 days ago (non-free)
 Description: Broadcom STA Wireless driver (non-free)
 Installations reported by Popcon: 1750
 Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/886599

   cargo (#860116), requested 982 days ago
 Description: Rust package manager
 Reverse Depends: dh-c

Re: default firewall utility changes for Debian 11 bullseye

[Bernd Zeimetz]

On 7/31/19 7:56 AM, Aron Xu wrote:
> be useful for a "standard" server installation with graphic desktop,

If we really start to provide that, we should better rename the project
to SAPian or SUSian or something like that...


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Re: default firewall utility changes for Debian 11 bullseye

[Roberto C . Sánchez]

Hi Arturo!

I know that this discussion took place some months ago, but I am just
now getting around to catching up on some old threads :-)

On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 01:52:30PM +0200, Arturo Borrero Gonzalez wrote:
> Ok, after a couple of weeks, lets try to summarize:
> 
> On 7/16/19 11:07 AM, Arturo Borrero Gonzalez wrote:
> > 
> > This email contains 2 changes/proposals for Debian 11 bullseye:
> > 
> > 1) switch priority values for iptables/nftables, i.e, make nftables 
> > Priority:
> > important and iptables Priority: optional
> > 
> 
> Nobody seems to disagree with this point. So I will be doing this soon.
> 
It looks like the situation in sid has not changed yet:

(sid)root@build01:/tmp# apt-cache show iptables nftables | egrep 
'Package|Version|Priority|^$'Package: iptables
Version: 1.8.4-1
Priority: important

Package: nftables
Version: 0.9.3-1
Priority: optional

Do you still intend to make the change in priorities?

> > 2) introduce firewalld as the default firewalling wrapper in Debian, at 
> > least in
> > desktop related tasksel tasks.
> > 
> 
> There are some mixed feelings about this. However I couldn't find any strong
> opinion against either.
> 
> What I would do regarding this is (just a suggestion):
> * raise priority of firewalld
> * document in-wiki what defaults are, and how to move away from them
> * include some documentation bits in other firewalling wrappers on how to deal
> with this default, i.e what needs to be changed in the system for ufw to work
> without interferences (disable firewalld?)
> 
I like the idea of documenting this all in a wiki.

[Side note: I maintain Shorewall in Debian and since the upstream author
announced his retirement eariler this year several of the most active
developers/community members (including me) have begun the process of
taking over the project from him.  One of the items we have discussed
support for nftables, so I can see that changing in the coming year,
making a wiki page a good choice for where to document Shorewall
integration with various Debian parts.]

Incidentally, the Debian Installation Guide makes no mention of
firewalls or even basic steps to secure the system.  If a wiki page is
developed that documents the various firewall integration options, it
would be nice if it became the basis of a new section in the
installation manual (perhaps under section 8, Next Steps and Where to Go
>From Here).  It may also be a good addition/improvement to the Securing
Debian Manual.

In any event, I am just offering some thoughts; perhaps they might be of
some use.

Regards,

-Roberto

-- 
Roberto C. Sánchez

Re: Debian Daily build installation fails with choosing language..

[Steve McIntyre]

On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 09:56:40PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>
>The bug was in libcrypt1-udeb - see #946856. It's been fixed today so
>daily builds and current local builds should work again now.

Confirmed - today's daily build is functioning again.

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 ignore our recommendations and tell us how to do our jobs."  -- Mike Andrews