#1030780 Maintainers wanted for softether-vpn

Package:
wnpp
Source:
wnpp
Submitter:
Andrej Shadura
Date:
2025-12-23 12:11:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1030780#5
Date:
2023-02-07 13:23:55 UTC
From:
To:
Hi all,

I packaged SoftEther VPN back in 2020 when people in Belarus protested against decades of dictatorship, and they needed a safe way to communicate with the outside world and with each other, circumventing the state censorship.

Since then, due to a massive crackdown on protests and repressions against anyone remotely involved, most of my friends have moved abroad, and I, personally, don't know a single user of this VPN right now. Packaging is not hard, but not super trivial either, and requires some work to package subsequent releases. Not using this software myself, I'm really not in position to continue being the maintainer, and if nobody takes it over, I will have to orphan it eventually.

Please let me know if you can help.
#1030780#12
Date:
2023-03-16 17:05:36 UTC
From:
To:
I can help, I have been using SoftEther for years now.

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Sincerely,

Sergio

On Tue, 07 Feb 2023 14:23:55 +0100 "Andrej Shadura" wrote:

 > Package: wnpp
 > Severity: normal
 > X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
 >
 > Hi all,
 >
 > I packaged SoftEther VPN back in 2020 when people in Belarus
protested against decades of dictatorship, and they needed a safe way to
communicate with the outside world and with each other, circumventing
the state censorship.
 >
 > Since then, due to a massive crackdown on protests and repressions
against anyone remotely involved, most of my friends have moved abroad,
and I, personally, don't know a single user of this VPN right now.
Packaging is not hard, but not super trivial either, and requires some
work to package subsequent releases. Not using this software myself, I'm
really not in position to continue being the maintainer, and if nobody
takes it over, I will have to orphan it eventually.
 >
 > Please let me know if you can help.
 >
 > --
 > Cheers,
 > Andrej
 >
 >
#1030780#17
Date:
2023-03-16 17:55:16 UTC
From:
To:
Tell me how can I start. I can adopt this package and maintain it as I
still use it everyday.
#1030780#22
Date:
2023-04-01 12:08:23 UTC
From:
To:
Hi Sergio,
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/

Please upload a new package version to mentors.debian.net so that Andrej od another DD can have a look.
When you do not see any response to this RFH, please file a bug on the sponsorship-requests pseudo package.

Cheers,
Bastian
#1030780#31
Date:
2025-12-22 10:00:12 UTC
From:
To:
Hi Sergio,

SoftEther is now at risk of being removed from Debian.
See https://bugs.debian.org/1075525 for more details.
If you can help, this is a good opportunity now.

I don’t have any time or energy to work on this package on my own, so if
nobody picks it up until the end of January, I will ask for it to be
removed from Debian.
#1030780#38
Date:
2025-12-23 12:09:11 UTC
From:
To:
Hey,

Please get in touch with Konstantin (cc’ed).
Feel free to ask for reviews, I’ll be happy to help when I have time.