drop package: no release since 2004; repo has newer alternative
Task Info (Flyspray) | |
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Opened By | Marcell Meszaros (MarsSeed) |
Task ID | 79456 |
Type | Support Request |
Project | Arch Linux |
Category | Packages: Extra |
Version | None |
OS | x86_64 |
Opened | 2023-08-23 17:43:30 UTC |
Status | Assigned |
Assignee | Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) |
Assignee | Levente Polyak (anthraxx) |
Details
Description: Consider removing gnu-netcat from repo.
Rationale: This has not seen a new release since 2004. [a] The project is also unsupported and the maintainers are unresponsive since at least 2012. [b] Upstream's Subversion repo only continued to receive (a few) patches until 2013. [c]
Arch repo carries the actively maintained alternative:
- extra/openbsd-netcat (last upstream release: Jun 10, 2023)
Both that and this package defines the virtual provides 'netcat'.
Nothing depends specifically on gnu-netcat.
No disruption expected by deleting it from repo.
Refs: [a]: https://sourceforge.net/projects/netcat/files/netcat/ [b]: https://sourceforge.net/p/netcat/support-requests/6/ [c]: https://sourceforge.net/p/netcat/code/HEAD/tree/