[ubuntu-uk] webmin, was Ubuntu RAID Management

[James Westby]

On Sat, 2008-08-23 at 21:17 +0100, Johnathon Tinsley wrote:
> Its absence is deliberate, and its not licensing related. Webmin plays
> with the config files of programs it alters in nasty ways. I don't know
> the specifics, but both Ubuntu & Debian refuse to package it.

Hi,

I think Alan is more correct. It was removed simply as the maintainer
had no time for it, and no-one else has stepped up to maintain it.

It certainly does have the reputation of being bad in Debian and Ubuntu
though, perhaps with reason.

When the server team was quite recently looking for something like
webmin to provide, one of the developers spent some time looking for
evidence to back this claim up. They couldn't find anything. If you
know of any then please could you pass it on to me so I can forward it?
I imagine they would like to have evidence of why they are using
ebox instead of webmin.

Thanks,

James