It looks like stfl upstream abandoned stfl at some point before 2022. Apparently the domain clifford(.)at expired in the end of 2021. Around 2022 a domain squatter seems to have picked it up, restored some of the original content, but otherwise uploaded a lot of online casino slop there. Since then the site reads "Claire's HomepageCoding, Gaming, Gambling & Fun", "In Handy Online Casinos überall spielen – Casinospiele für die Hosentasche" and similar garbage. The fedora stfl spec file currently still links to that compromised site: ``` URL: http://www.clifford(.)at/stfl/ Source0: http://www.clifford(.)at/stfl/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz ``` https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/stfl/blob/rawhide/f/stfl.spec#_7 I suggest to replace those scam urls with legitimate ones, for obvious reasons. For example with URLs to a trustworthy fork, if you can find one. Perhaps it's also time to retire that package, given that upstream is gone. Reproducible: Always Additional Information: Last wayback snapshot that looks ok: https://web.archive.org/web/20211113222004/http://www.clifford.at/stfl/ Certificate transparency logs seem to start only after the squatting: https://crt.sh/?q=%.clifford.at
Fedora only needs it for `newsboat` (which should obsolete `newsbeuter`): # dnf repoquery --whatrequires stfl Updating and loading repositories: Repositories loaded. newsbeuter-0:2.9-28.fc43.x86_64 newsboat-0:2.39-3.fc43.x86_64 newsboat-0:2.41-1.fc43.x86_64 stfl-devel-0:0.22-53.fc43.i686 stfl-devel-0:0.22-53.fc43.x86_64 stfl-perl-0:0.22-53.fc43.x86_64 stfl-ruby-0:0.22-53.fc43.x86_64 `newsboat` developers maintain a fork for their own uses here: https://github.com/newsboat/stfl Given the unmaintained status of the original upstream, I'd be fine with shifting to the newsboat fork (and retiring newsbeuter in preference for newsboat). Does there need to be anything official for such a swtich?
Asked on Fedora Discuss: https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/switching-project-to-a-fork/176190
I've switched Rawhide to the fork. It is based on a 0.24 mention from the original history, so I'll leave it Rawhide-only.