* Marc Haber <[email protected]> [240804 15:14]: > On Sun, Aug 04, 2024 at 02:47:37PM +0200, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote: > > * Marc Haber <[email protected]> [240804 14:36]: > > > Would it be a good idea to form a joint effort, maintaining src:adduser, > > > src:shadow and maybe src:base-passwd in more close organization? It > > > would probably make more sense to keep the three packages in their own > > > repositories and as their own source package, but maybe having a joint > > > maintainer address would be a good idea to be able to discuss things > > > like #1077804 easier. > > > > I don't disagree, but I'll note some things: > > > > As you know, src:shadow uses an alioth mailing list [AML] , where > > I believe a number of people are subscribed, including Serge and > > maybe others from shadow upstream. > > I am subscribed there as well. Would you guys mind me chiming in > occasionally with coordinative things, and probably even documenting > [AML] in adduser's README.Debian so that people who want to get involved > can participate?
Great, sounds good to me. > > There is quite some overlap with util-linux, too. Some tools > > traditionally provided by src:shadow in Debian are now provided by > > src:util-linux, and there are open quests to use more of the > > util-linux tools. > > otoh, util-linux is a monster by itself, I am not sure whether the > util-linux maintainers would be up to open another can of worms for > them. This can of worms was opened a long time ago, and maybe for trixie we can make some further progress. > > I'd invite everyone involved to subscribe to [AML], as that seems > > like an easy option. I'm open to other ideas too. > > I agree. > > > Some place on IRC would also be useful. > > I am Zugschlus on oftc and IRCnet, but I'd prefer having an asynchronous > and referencable method of communication as I am currently often > overwhelmed by too many things happening at once and tend to forget > things that were talked about on IRC. Feel free to hit me up on IRC for > casual chat and more direct discussions, but I'd rather not have an > additional window in my IRC client at this time. Yeah, sometimes its useful to discuss changes in a quicker fashion and then post the results to a bug, opposed to waiting a long time for replies. Not implying anyone here, but I've seen and been myself part/source of bugs that died for a few years for no good reason. Chris _______________________________________________ Pkg-shadow-devel mailing list [email protected] https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-shadow-devel
