Hi Mischa, Am Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 11:09:58AM +0100 schrieb Mischa Salle: > > While that may be true, there are still people who monitor the software for > > security reasons. > > *Only* the *original* Globus Toolkit is EOL, however it has been forked > and is maintained and frequently updated, now under the name the Grid > Community Toolkit, see > https://github.com/gridcf/gct?tab=readme-ov-file#grid-community-toolkit > The packages currently in Debian have for many years already been based > on the GCT and are packaged for Debian by Mattias Ellert. See for > example > https://packages.debian.org/trixie/libglobus-gridmap-callout-error-dev > which has all the information.
Thank you for the additional information. > All the software packaged for Debian is kept up to date for the latest > OpenSSL versions and is built and tested for a variety of distributions > including Debian stable, testing etc. and the latest Fedora. Very nice! > > That is highly unlikely, unless the entirity of the Globus Toolkit is also > > on the block. I think the fate of this package is tied to the GT. > > +1 to Dennis' answer. Plus I am one of the developers of both the > lcas-lcmaps-gt4-interface and the Grid Community Toolkit. So in a sense > there aren't even external dependencies. Good to know. > > > * There seems to be no active maintainer > > > > Not true ;-) > > Indeed, where does this conclusion come from?! I checked https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/lcas-lcmaps-gt4-interface saying The VCS repository is not up to date, push the missing commits. Its maintained in some SVN https://ndpfsvn.nikhef.nl/viewvc/mwsec/packaging/debian/trunk/lcas-lcmaps-gt4-interface/ which has no commits since 12 years and seems to be at least temporarily not available (see #1124782), Last Upload was >8 years ago - these are typical features I have observed in packages that are not maintained. As I suggested in my other mail I'd volunteer to help migrating the packaging to Salsa. Kind regards and sorry for my wrong assumption Andreas. > > > This package was highlighted in the Bug of the Day[1] initiative, which > > > aims to introduce newcomers to manageable tasks and guide them through > > > the workflow to solve them. The focus of this initiative is on migrating > > > packages to Salsa, as it's a great way to help newcomers become familiar > > > with a consistent Git-based workflow. > > > > I'll check it out, thanks. > > > > > > Kind regards > > > Andreas. > > > > > > > > > [1] https://salsa.debian.org/qa/tiny_qa_tools/-/wikis/Tiny-QA-tasks > > > > > > > > > -- System Information: > > > Debian Release: forky/sid > > > APT prefers unstable > > > APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (50, > > > 'buildd-unstable'), (1, 'experimental') > > > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > > > > > Kernel: Linux 6.18.5+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT) > > > Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE > > > not set > > > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash > > > Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) > > > LSM: AppArmor: enabled > > > > -- > Nikhef Room H231a > Science Park 105 Tel. +31-6-4681 2202 > 1098 XG Amsterdam Fax +31-20-592 5155 > The Netherlands Email [email protected] > __ .. ... _._. .... ._ ... ._ ._.. ._.. .._.. -- https://fam-tille.de
