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Remove pam-ssh-agent component
This is a proposed Change for Fedora Linux.
This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee.
This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee.
Summary
Drop pam_ssh_agent_auth component from Fedora 42
Owner
- Name: Dmitry Belyavskiy
- Email: dbelyavs@redhat.com
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora Linux 42
- Last updated: 2024-11-28
- [Announced]
- [<will be assigned by the Wrangler> Discussion thread]
- FESCo issue: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
- Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
- Release notes tracker: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
Detailed Description
pam_ssh_agent_auth is a subpackage of openssh developed separately. Last years its development has effectively stopped and we are not aware of it being used actively.
The goal of this proposal is to drop this package (as it will be done in RHEL10) to reduce the maintenance burden.
Feedback
Benefit to Fedora
- Removing a package of limited use and maintenance
- Reducing the maintenance burden
Scope
- Proposal owners: remove the corresponding files from OpenSSH package
- Other developers:
- Release engineering: #Releng issue number
- Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change)
- Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)
- Alignment with the Fedora Strategy:
Upgrade/compatibility impact
The users can still use this package from previous distributions if they really need it.
Early Testing (Optional)
Do you require 'QA Blueprint' support? N
How To Test
User Experience
I expect the user experience effects to be minor because of quite limited usage of this package
Dependencies
None
Contingency Plan
There are 2 relevant options:
- Return the previous state of the package
- build a more modern alternative, pam_rssh, https://github.com/z4yx/pam_rssh, for Fedora
- Blocks release? No
Documentation
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
Release Notes
We drop pam_ssh_agent_auth module