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Package: ftp.debian.org
As the maintainer of the pks (PGP/GPG Public Key Server) I would like to request that it be removed from the archive.
My reasoning for this is that it is currently a buggy, unsupported implementation of a keyserver. It has difficulty with multiple subkeys
(though at least doesn't mangle them like it used to). It doesn't
support photoids (though I accept this is mainly cosmetic). Upstream is
mostly dead (I speak as someone with commit access to cvs) and the
majority of keyserver hosts appear to be using other servers. I don't
believe we should be releasing this as part of stable.
I had been holding of on requesting removal until I'd completed the next release of my own keyserver implementation, but I'm still working on
tracking down a deadlocking issue and I feel we'd be better served with
no keyserver than the worst of the bunch.
In the event that upstream becomes active again I will of course look at whether it's worth readding pks to the archive, but until then I feel it
should be removed.
Thanks,
J.
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