#1144687 O: vpnc-scripts -- Network configuration scripts for VPNC and OpenConnect

#1144687#5
Date:
2026-08-18 07:04:18 UTC
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The current maintainer of vpnc-scripts, 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: vpnc-scripts
Binary: vpnc-scripts
Version: 0.1~git20220510-1.1
Maintainer: Mike Miller <mtmiller@debian.org>
Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13)
Architecture: all
Standards-Version: 4.6.1
Format: 3.0 (quilt)
Files:
 c733c4a0c55b42279e176aea487fc4e1 1984 vpnc-scripts_0.1~git20220510-1.1.dsc
 1f9e17ca4ca67f82ddae5cf3c98a1dd1 44155 vpnc-scripts_0.1~git20220510.orig.tar.gz
 742a21f3f759fc7e992ee5d2c42343f2 3504 vpnc-scripts_0.1~git20220510-1.1.debian.tar.xz
Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/vpnc-scripts
Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/vpnc-scripts.git
Checksums-Sha256:
 8dabc8929986fbe6a947126b2d5f29eea60c17b0aae9d972d301d4485f85f764 1984 vpnc-scripts_0.1~git20220510-1.1.dsc
 e2240f6c13d00da4cbcdadce238b4cdc43dc3fd74284024430cb35cff25563ac 44155 vpnc-scripts_0.1~git20220510.orig.tar.gz
 72b01396ea7b600c36f985f6c64743c55efc03c1bb9af78bb961c3a019ac7627 3504 vpnc-scripts_0.1~git20220510-1.1.debian.tar.xz
Homepage: https://www.infradead.org/openconnect/vpnc-script.html
Package-List:
 vpnc-scripts deb net optional arch=all
Directory: pool/main/v/vpnc-scripts
Priority: optional
Section: net

Package: vpnc-scripts
Version: 0.1~git20220510-1.1
Installed-Size: 60
Maintainer: Mike Miller <mtmiller@debian.org>
Architecture: all
Depends: iproute2 | net-tools
Suggests: dnsmasq, openssh-server, resolvconf
Description-en: Network configuration scripts for VPNC and OpenConnect
 This package contains scripts required to configure routing and name
 services when invoked by the VPNC or OpenConnect VPN clients.
 The primary script automatically configures network routes and name
 servers for the active VPN connection. It also provides hooks for
 executing custom actions at various stages of the connection and
 disconnection process.
 .
 An alternate replacement script is also provided that contains the VPN
 in a network namespace which is accessible via SSH.
Description-md5: 60350aeb0b857a945ab4501222641835
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.infradead.org/openconnect/vpnc-script.html
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/v/vpnc-scripts/vpnc-scripts_0.1~git20220510-1.1_all.deb
Size: 15300
MD5sum: ac3752471f9af5cb160f821406f9acde
SHA256: 96a3e146f27b8ff63d675df49e829abfb58bd38f9de87c3a40ab099e7645eb30

#1144687#16
Date:
2026-09-10 10:59:00 UTC
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To:
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

#1144687#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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