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 -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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