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Date:      Fri, 25 Oct 2002 11:42:16 +0930
From:      Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Munish Chopra <mchopra@engmail.uwaterloo.ca>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Status of lukemftpd? (was: cvs commit: src/etc inetd.conf (fwd))
Message-ID:  <20021025021216.GE73214@wantadilla.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <004f01c27b9e$372647a0$f7808c96@LocalHost>
References:  <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1021024120517.40520C-100000@fledge.watson.org> <20021024183839.GB601@opiate.thirteenandtwo.org> <004f01c27b9e$372647a0$f7808c96@LocalHost>

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On Thursday, 24 October 2002 at 23:43:17 +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> Munish Chopra <mchopra@engmail.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
>> On 2002-10-24 12:17 +0000, Robert Watson wrote:
>>> If there are plans to implement the missing features, then it may be
>>> reasonable to keep it in the tree.  If there are no plans to fix these
>>> problems, it may make sense to remove it from the tree, or at least
>>> disconnect it from the build to prevent serious foot-shooting.
>> [...]
>> I tried to do what I could to start fixing things up (not PAM or
>> anything though - I'm not exactly a coder), among others I had brief
>> exchanges with David O'Brien and Yar Tikhiy, but nothing since then.
>> I also contacted Luke Mewburn, who seemed very open to changes and
>> enchancements, it seems like he just doesn't have time to do much with
>> it himself at the moment.
>>
>> So this is just a heads-up to anyone with more clue than me, if you like
>> lukemftpd the author is open to changes, so it wouldn't be a nightmare
>> to maintain in base unlike if we resorted to a massive patchset.
>
> Indeed...
>
> Luke Mewburn is a very nice fellow.  All the email exchanges I've
> had with him, regarding NetBSD or other sources, have been polite,
> full of useful facts and information, and more importantly quick.

Agreed.

> I'm not exactly suggesting anything here (like someone jumping up
> and saying "I will"); just making sure that the author of lukemftp
> and lukemftpd is contacted before any decision is made.

Luke is also very concerned about compatibility between the BSDs.
It's understandable that lukemftpd (currently) doesn't support
FreeBSD-specific features, but I'm sure that he'd be interested in
maintaining the features in some form.  Has anybody asked him?

Greg
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