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Date:      Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:10:02 -0600
From:      Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>
To:        Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se>
Cc:        cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Mark Linimon <linimon@FreeBSD.org>, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/net/tptest Makefile
Message-ID:  <20091217071002.GA2031@lonesome.com>
In-Reply-To: <20091217062547.GA55962@owl.midgard.homeip.net>
References:  <200912170410.nBH4A4cO009818@repoman.freebsd.org> <20091217062547.GA55962@owl.midgard.homeip.net>

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On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 07:25:47AM +0100, Erik Trulsson wrote:
> I disagree about it being deprecated.  The port is only partially superceded
> by the online website.  Since the port includes both server and client
> components it can be used to measure bandwidth between any two computers
> that you control in addition to connecting to any 'official' servers.  The
> online website is not as flexible (and it requires a flash-enabled
> webbrowser too which as we all know is not so easily obtained on FreeBSD.)

Well, the previous maintainer claimed that it was way behind the last
release, and also superceded.  If you want to become maintainer and
work through the issues, please feel free to submit an update.  I was
merely going by the commmit message.

mcl



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