On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 18:35 +0200, Regid Ichira wrote: > packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/vsftpd is refering to > http://git.debian-maintainers.org/?p=daniel/vsftpd.git. The > reference is in the left column of the page, under the links for > vsftpd title ( Debian Source Repository (Git) ). > > $ host git.debian-maintainers.org > Host git.debian-maintainers.org not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) > > Neither packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/vsftpd nor the sid page > seem to have the Debian Source Repository (Git) entry. Was the > repository transfered to another site? Is it temporarily not > avaialble? Something else? Should the entry in the squeeze page > removed?
The Vcs-* entries have been removed in 2.3.4-1 as you can see in the
changelog:
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vsftpd (2.3.4-1) unstable; urgency=low
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* Removing vcs fields.
…
-- Daniel Baumann <daniel.baum...@progress-technologies.net> Mon, 05 Sep
2011 15:55:00 +0200
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I am not sure why Daniel decided to remove them or where the package is
maintained now, but that explains the behaviour you see on p.d.o and in the
PTS.
> Isn't maintaing debian source in a ro public accessible git
> repositories a good idea?
It is a good idea, but it is up to the maintainer to decide how (s)he wants to
maintain her/his packages. Using a git repository certainly isn't mandatory
even though it is quite common these days.
Note that you can always get a source package with, for example, "apt-get
source PKG"
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