Re: git: 24e1824e4646 - main - Deprecate telnet daemon

In message <202209211517.28LFHkoJ089471@gitrepo.freebsd.org>, Brooks Davis 
writ
es:
> The branch main has been updated by brooks:
>
> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=24e1824e4646237c5ab8e63f59fa38e0
> 76f18ba7
>
> commit 24e1824e4646237c5ab8e63f59fa38e076f18ba7
> Author:     Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org>
> AuthorDate: 2022-09-21 15:17:04 +0000
> Commit:     Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org>
> CommitDate: 2022-09-21 15:17:04 +0000
>
>     Deprecate telnet daemon
>     
>     The telnetd codebase is old, unmaintained, and has a number of quality
>     issues.  Users wishing to provide telnetd service should find a
>     maintained implementation.  The telnet client is NOT deprecated as it
>     is lower risk.
>     
>     Reviewed by:    pauamma, kevans, kp, melifaro
>     MFC After:      3 days
>     Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D36619
> ---
>  contrib/telnet/telnetd/telnetd.8 | 7 ++++++-
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/contrib/telnet/telnetd/telnetd.8 b/contrib/telnet/telnetd/telnet
> d.8
> index 6c5db4596661..07ce62936d23 100644
> --- a/contrib/telnet/telnetd/telnetd.8
> +++ b/contrib/telnet/telnetd/telnetd.8
> @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
>  .\"	@(#)telnetd.8	8.4 (Berkeley) 6/1/94
>  .\" $FreeBSD$
>  .\"
> -.Dd August 28, 2008
> +.Dd September 21, 2022
>  .Dt TELNETD 8
>  .Os
>  .Sh NAME
> @@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ protocol server
>  .Op Fl p Ar loginprog
>  .Op Fl u Ar len
>  .Op Fl debug Op Ar port
> +.SH DEPRECATION NOTICE
> +.Nm
> +is deprecated and may not be available in
> +.Fx 14.0
> +and later.
>  .Sh DESCRIPTION
>  The
>  .Nm
>

I'm not sure if here is a good place but we might want to mention that 
those who still need telnetd will find it in ports/net/freebsd-telnetd.

The same repo contains the telnet client. When we're ready I can quickly 
produce a telnet client port from the same git repo. (Similarly ftp and 
ftpd.)


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Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>
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