Bug#1068975: Abandoned upstream and unmaintained

From	Andrey Rakhmatullin <wrar@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.rc
Subject	Bug#1068975: Abandoned upstream and unmaintained
Date	2024-04-14 18:30 +0200
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Source: python-zxcvbn
Version: 4.4.28-3
Severity: serious
Control: affects -1 pass-extension-audit pwdsphinx secrets

It was reported that the maintainer of this package seems to be MIA (and there
were no maintainer uploads since 2019). At the same time, the package upstream
seems to be dead: https://github.com/dwolfhub/zxcvbn-python/issues/73 (and
there were no commits since 2021 and no releases since 2019). As the upstream
bug correctly notes, this is a security-sensitive package, so it's worrying
that people can be relying on it while it's abandoned. Scott Kitterman even
suggested removing it from Debian but is has revdeps:

pass-extension-audit/src:pass-audit
The only upload to Debian in 2022, last upstream release 2022, zxcvbn is a hard
req per setup.cfg. Popcon 20. No revdeps.

pwdsphinx
All Debian uploads in 2023, last upstream release in 2023. zxcvbn (actually
zxcvbn-python, which is an older version of zxcvbn per
https://pypi.org/project/zxcvbn-python) is a hard req per setup.py. Popcon 2.
No revdeps outside the source package.

secrets
Fairly active both in Debian and upstream. A GNOME app. zxcvbn is a hard req
per meson.build. Popcon 224. No revdeps outside the source package.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
  APT prefers unstable-debug
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'testing-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (101, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 6.7.9-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_WARN, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.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

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Bug#1068975: Abandoned upstream and unmaintained Andrey Rakhmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2024-04-14 18:30 +0200
  Processed: Abandoned upstream and unmaintained "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2024-04-14 18:30 +0200
  Bug#1068975: #1068975: src:python-zxcvbn: pwdsphinx 1.0.19-1 entered testing Joost van Baal-Ilić <joostvb-debian@mdcc.cx> - 2024-07-07 12:10 +0200

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