[arch-dev-public] Maintainers wanted for wicd and pure-ftpd

[Daniel Isenmann]

-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 22:06:05 -0700
> Von: Thayer Williams <thayerw at gmail.com>
> An: Public mailing list for Arch Linux development <arch-dev-public at archlinux.org>
> Betreff: Re: [arch-dev-public] Maintainers wanted for wicd and pure-ftpd

> On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 5:43 PM, Thayer Williams <thayerw at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Daniel Isenmann <daniel.isenmann at gmx.de>
> wrote:
> >> On Mon, 1 Jun 2009 06:54:55 -0700
> >> Thayer Williams <thayerw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 4:16 AM, Daniel Isenmann
> >>> <daniel.isenmann at gmx.de> wrote:
> >>> > On Sun, 31 May 2009 14:43:21 -0700
> >>> > Thayer Williams <thayerw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> >> On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 2:27 AM, Daniel Isenmann
> >>> >> <daniel.isenmann at gmx.de> wrote:
> >>> >>
> >>> >> > I use wicd on my eee. I have adopt it.
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > Daniel
> >>> >> >
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Daniel, would you mind taking dhclient as well?  It's a dependency
> >>> >> for wicd, is outdated and in need of some work.  I don't use wicd
> >>> >> much these days myself and I don't really have the time necessary
> >>> >> to update it.
> >>> >
> >>> > I can take it. Just orphan it and I will adopt it.
> >>>
> >>> Done and thanks!
> >>
> >> I have seen that dhclient isn't a dependency for wicd. The dependency
> >> is dhcpcd. I have adopt it anyway, but if you want it back you can have
> >> it, otherwise I will maintain it.
> 
> > My bad! dhclient is listed on the Wicd wiki as an optional dep for
> > DHCP functionality.
> >
> > I guess the next question is...do we even need dhclient in our main
> > repos, especially if the same functionality is already provided by
> > dhcpcd?
> 
> If it makes the decision any easier, we don't even have a license
> declared for dhclient, whereas dhcpcd is BSD licensed.

According to Debian's package information the license is: http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/d/dhcp3/dhcp3_3.1.2-1/dhcp-client.copyright

I think the license is provided in the source package and should be installed with the package. 

I prefer dhclient for my needs and not dhcpcd. I will maintain it and I will have a look at the license of the new version. So, why not have two implementations of a dhcp client?

Daniel


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