Hi!
Launchpad is the canonical source. There are some patches I have pushed
recently and there will probably be a release in the near future.
β Brian
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> On Apr 22, 2021, at 11:26 AM, Dylan Thacker-Smith <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>
> Is this supposed to be the source of truth for libmemcached development? The
> README says project information is on https://libmemcached.org/
> <https://libmemcached.org/> but "Source Code" link on that page links to
> https://code.launchpad.net/libmemcached
> <https://code.launchpad.net/libmemcached> which doesn't mention this repo.
> The launchpad project also has its own bug tracking
> (https://bugs.launchpad.net/libmemcached
> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/libmemcached>) which is linked to from the "Bug
> Tracking" link on https://libmemcached.org/ <https://libmemcached.org/> . The
> README refers contributors to README.FIRST which also references launchpad
> and the bazaar repo.
>
> There is also a mention of a mailing list on the README which I didn't find.
>
> On the other hand, the README says to report bugs here
> (https://github.com/libmemcached/libmemcached/issues
> <https://github.com/libmemcached/libmemcached/issues>), so it does look like
> there was an intention of moving development here.
>
> It looks like there was some work somewhat recently to keep this project
> building, which seemed to previously be a blocker for development (#3
> (comment)
> <https://github.com/libmemcached/libmemcached/issues/3#issuecomment-526861248>).
> However, there is still no CI setup and tests aren't passing locally with
> the latest memcached server version (e.g. #12
> <https://github.com/libmemcached/libmemcached/pull/12>), which should be
> prioritized to more confidently make and accept changes.
>
> Ubuntu had also decided this library wasn't being maintained when trying to
> address https://bugs.launchpad.net/libmemcached/+bug/1381160
> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/libmemcached/+bug/1381160> as seen from the
> discussion on
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libmemcached/+bug/1573594
> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libmemcached/+bug/1573594>
> Upstream seems pretty quiet since 2014
> Unfortunately, because the project seems more or less dead ... it seems like
> we won't be able submit anything upstream and go straight to fixing Debian
> and Ubuntu.
>
> It looks like that security bug still hasn't been fixed here. That means that
> distributions are having to maintain their own set of patches. For instance,
> it looks like Ubuntu focal has 8 patches for libmemcached.
>
> @BrianAker <https://github.com/BrianAker> are you looking for help
> maintaining the library? If so, there is a more actively maintained fork made
> by @m6w6 <https://github.com/m6w6> at https://github.com/m6w6/libmemcached
> <https://github.com/m6w6/libmemcached> which is supposed to be a
> "Resurrection of libmemcached https://launchpad.net/libmemcached
> <https://launchpad.net/libmemcached>". Were you aware of that fork? The fact
> that the fork started from the code on launchpad (first commit after forking
> <https://github.com/m6w6/libmemcached/commit/d169e8c62f8ca4fe7d058d8e2254426105032b7e>)
> after development started in git (commit that introduced .gitignore
> <https://github.com/libmemcached/libmemcached/commit/eda2becbec24363f56115fa5d16d38a2d1f54775>)
> is another indication that it should be clearer if this github repo should
> be the source of truth.
>
> Note that https://github.com/m6w6/libmemcached
> <https://github.com/m6w6/libmemcached> has a test suite that passes with the
> latest memcached, it has CI setup to test PRs and has fixed the above
> mentioned security issue. I would like to help (e.g. #12
> <https://github.com/libmemcached/libmemcached/pull/12>) but it seems like
> doing the work here is redundant when I see the same issue already fixed
> there. @BrianAker <https://github.com/BrianAker> do you have any concerns
> with the direction that the fork is taking? Since ideally we could align our
> efforts and work together in a single clear official repo of libmemcached
> development.
>
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