#718860 RFP: vanitygen -- bitcoin vanity address generator

Package:
wnpp
Source:
wnpp
Submitter:
Richard Ulrich
Date:
2015-12-27 12:36:56 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#718860#5
Date:
2013-08-06 08:44:26 UTC
From:
To:
* Package name    : vanitygen
  Version         : 0.21
  Upstream Author : Sam Revitch <samr7@cs.washington.edu>
* URL             : https://github.com/samr7/vanitygen
* License         : GPL3+
  Programming Lang: C
  Description     : bitcoin vanity address generator
Vanitygen can generate regular bitcoin addresses, namecoin addresses,
and testnet addresses.

Vanitygen can search for exact prefixes or regular expression matches.
When searching for exact prefixes, vanitygen will ensure that the
prefix is possible, will provide a difficulty estimate, and will run
about 30% faster.  Exact prefixes are case-sensitive by default, but
may be searched case-insensitively using the "-i" option.  Regular
expression patterns follow the Perl-compatible regular expression
language.
#718860#10
Date:
2014-06-27 00:38:53 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,
is there any news?

I'd find very useful this package.

Thank you!

Carlo
#718860#15
Date:
2014-06-27 06:27:25 UTC
From:
To:
Hi Carlo,

I'm glad, you're also interested in the package.

As it uses OpenSSL, the license is not compatible as is. It would
require an explicit exception clause in the license of vanitygen.
I contacted the author, but never got any response.
Somebody suggested, that I could link it to GnuTLS instead. I gave that
a try, but GnuTLS didn't have all functions that were used from OpenSSL.
If I remember correctly, Elliptic curves were missing.

So, with the current license situation, It cannot be included in debian.

If you could also try to contact the upstream author and ask for the
small addition to the license text, he might realize that more people
are interested...


Rgds
Richard

Am Freitag, den 27.06.2014, 02:38 +0200 schrieb Carlo Stemberger:
#718860#20
Date:
2014-06-27 15:40:41 UTC
From:
To:
Hi Richard,
thank you very much for your reply.

2014-06-27 8:27 GMT+02:00 Richard Ulrich <richi@paraeasy.ch>:

I found you message here...

https://github.com/samr7/vanitygen/issues/36

...and I added a little comment.

Ciao!

Carlo
#718860#25
Date:
2015-12-27 12:16:58 UTC
From:
To:
retitle 718860 RFP: vanitygen -- bitcoin vanity address generator
noowner 718860
tag 718860 - pending
thanks

Hi,

A long time ago, you expressed interest in packaging vanitygen. Unfortunately,
it seems that it did not happen. In Debian, we try not to keep ITP bugs open
for a too long time, as it might cause other prospective maintainers to
refrain from packaging the software.

This is an automatic email to change the status of vanitygen from ITP
(Intent to Package) to RFP (Request for Package), because this bug hasn't seen
any activity during the last 12 months.

If you are still interested in packaging vanitygen, please send a mail to
<control@bugs.debian.org> with:

 retitle 718860 ITP: vanitygen -- bitcoin vanity address generator
 owner 718860 !
 thanks

It is also a good idea to document your progress on this ITP from time to
time, by mailing <718860@bugs.debian.org>.  If you need guidance on how to
package this software, please reply to this email, and/or contact the
debian-mentors@lists.debian.org mailing list.

Thank you for your interest in Debian,