[arch-general] News draft for dropping tcp_wrappers

[Florian Pritz]

On 16.07.2011 21:09, Grigorios Bouzakis wrote:
> Dan McGee wrote:
>> Dropping tcp_wrappers support
>>
>> Due to upstream not having released a new version since April 1997, we
>> are dropping `tcp_wrappers` support from all packages and removing the
>> package from `[core]`. In addition, newer daemons and applications are
>> inconsistent in their support for libwrap, leading to confusion as to
>> whether an application supports the library.
>>
>> If you currently use `/etc/hosts.allow` or `/etc/hosts.deny` for
>> security or logging purposes, you will need to adjust accordingly and
>> use another tool such as `iptables`.
>>
> 
> Why has this been announced since it hasnt happened yet?
> Isn't that the point of news? Announce something thats taken place.
> But this is still in testing which isnt a news worthy place.

Dan posted this now so tcp_wrapper users have to to prepare before
things go sideways since their systems might be unprotected when they
install the updates.

-- 
Florian Pritz

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