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From: "Wulf C. Krueger" <wk@×××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Recommend cronie instead of vixie-cron in handbook?
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 22:13:33
Message-Id: 52A8E381.1020807@mailstation.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Recommend cronie instead of vixie-cron in handbook? by Peter Stuge
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4 On 11.12.2013 22:07, Peter Stuge wrote:
5 >> If vixie-cron upstream is dead as you say
6 > Define dead?
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8 The latest upstream release is this:
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10 cron_4.1.shar 2004-Jan-23 19:20:23 200.7K application/octet-stream
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12 As you can see, it will turn ten soon.
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14 Of course, distros are patching the crap out of it but nobody ever
15 took over maintenance. RedHat instead forked it about six years ago
16 and called it "cronie".
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18 ISC, who released the above version, don't even list it any more among
19 their software.
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21 I daresay that's basically the very definition of "dead".
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23 - --
24 Best regards, Wulf
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