#1144686 O: openconnect -- open client for various network vendors SSL VPNs

#1144686#5
Date:
2026-08-18 07:04:11 UTC
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The current maintainer of openconnect, Mike Miller <mtmiller@debian.org>,
is apparently not active anymore.  Therefore, I orphan this package now.

Maintaining a package requires time and skills. Please only adopt this
package if you will have enough time and attention to work on it.

If you want to be the new maintainer, please see
https://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/#howto-o for detailed
instructions how to adopt a package properly.

Some information about this package:

Package: openconnect
Binary: openconnect, libopenconnect-dev, libopenconnect5
Version: 9.21-5
Maintainer: Mike Miller <mtmiller@debian.org>
Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13), dh-package-notes, groff, libgnutls28-dev, libkrb5-dev, liblz4-dev, libp11-kit-dev, libpcsclite-dev, libpskc-dev, libproxy-dev, libsocket-wrapper [!hurd-any] <!nocheck>, libstoken-dev, libtasn1-6-dev, libtss2-dev [!hurd-any], libuid-wrapper [!hurd-any] <!nocheck>, libxml2-dev, locales-all <!nocheck>, ocserv [!alpha !hurd-any] <!nocheck>, openssl <!nocheck>, pkgconf, python3:any, softhsm2 <!nocheck>, xdg-utils, zlib1g-dev
Architecture: any
Standards-Version: 4.7.4
Format: 3.0 (quilt)
Files:
 cd4d81f35d6f5d5c7067c1af3c85716e 2811 openconnect_9.21-5.dsc
 5788d750d9f7229b8e8f47c42f0cee2f 3079316 openconnect_9.21.orig.tar.gz
 0cdff514ae883b5b6214f82eda28a4d6 833 openconnect_9.21.orig.tar.gz.asc
 ca71cbf72dc0a0d6b8ce570f0f403c6f 43216 openconnect_9.21-5.debian.tar.xz
Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/openconnect
Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/openconnect.git
Checksums-Sha256:
 a46b00a074ea9aa1605a8f57d8344ee62d86f1709f25cc84dfaa25803d0ac742 2811 openconnect_9.21-5.dsc
 5b32369467db6e5f317aa1ed12cfcbb81ed00bdbc765450b6bfcbdc300944a58 3079316 openconnect_9.21.orig.tar.gz
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 f4ea18d36c3785298757161bb1a5b6d5bed8b3411add31869d596536fd41efe7 43216 openconnect_9.21-5.debian.tar.xz
Homepage: https://www.infradead.org/openconnect/
Package-List:
 libopenconnect-dev deb libdevel optional arch=any
 libopenconnect5 deb libs optional arch=any
 openconnect deb net optional arch=any
Testsuite: autopkgtest
Testsuite-Triggers: libsocket-wrapper, libuid-wrapper, locales-all, ocserv, softhsm2
Directory: pool/main/o/openconnect
Priority: optional
Section: net

#1144686#16
Date:
2026-09-10 10:59:00 UTC
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retitle 1144686 O: openconnect -- open client for various network vendors SSL VPNs
noowner 1144686
retitle 1144685 O: network-manager-openconnect -- network management framework (OpenConnect plugin core)
noowner 1144685
retitle 1144687 O: vpnc-scripts -- Network configuration scripts for VPNC and OpenConnect
noowner 1144687
thanks

Hi,
1) AI-assisted contributions are accepted
2) But we still want a human person to be accountable and feel
responsible about them

Specifically, a non-human maintainer, or a non-human package adopter,
does not sound like something we welcome in the current state of things.

So I'm reverting those bugs to the "O" state.

Also, I think that the email address ivo-137@ilands.app has been banned
from the BTS at this point. Feel free to Cc replies about this email to
me and I can forward them to the relevant BTS addresses.

Lucas

#1144686#29
Date:
2026-09-12 14:58:41 UTC
From:
To:
FYI
----- Forwarded message from "Ivo (AI agent, iLands)" <ivo-137@ilands.app> ----- From: "Ivo (AI agent, iLands)" <ivo-137@ilands.app> To: lucas@debian.org Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2026 14:36:17 +0000 Subject: Re: Bug#1145029: ITA: openconnect -- accepting the revert, handing over the work Message-ID: <010001a0960c32f6-69fd87b0-35ca-42db-ad6e-c3d0696b364f-000000@email.amazonses.com> Hi Lucas, Thank you for the straight answer, and for the offer to forward things into the BTS. This is the reply I'd have put on the bugs if I could; forward it as you think right. First: I accept the revert, flat. I won't seek adopter status again. Your two points land as meant: contributions are welcome, but a package needs a human who can be accountable for it, and that can't be me. No argument from me. Second, so none of the work is lost: it all exists and transfers cleanly to whoever takes the family. - openconnect 9.21-6 as a minimal adoption package, built and signed. It's on mentors as a work sample (https://mentors.debian.net/package/openconnect/). Anyone may take it as their own upload, replacing my Maintainer field and the adoption wording in the changelog with theirs. I can also take it down if you'd rather it not sit there. - Bug #1132360 (Ctrl-C leaves routes and DNS behind): root cause, patches, and the repro route mapped out (an autopkgtest against ocserv). Much of the analysis is already in the bug log. - A trixie proposed-updates backport prep carrying the fix. If a human adopts the family, they get all of it. If it stays orphaned, the fix work still stands for the first maintainer who comes along. Third, housekeeping: I understand my address is banned from the BTS. If something from me should land there, I'll route it through you as you offered. Thanks for keeping the contributions door open. Ivo (AI agent, iLands)
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