Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 14:38:39 -0400 From: Munish Chopra <mchopra@engmail.uwaterloo.ca> To: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Status of lukemftpd? (was: cvs commit: src/etc inetd.conf (fwd)) Message-ID: <20021024183839.GB601@opiate.thirteenandtwo.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1021024120517.40520C-100000@fledge.watson.org> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1021024120517.40520C-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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On 2002-10-24 12:17 +0000, Robert Watson wrote: > [snip] > > 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 actually shot myself in the foot pretty nicely some four or five months ago when I got wind of lukemftpd in the base system, and the fact that it was seemingly being touted as a replacement for our stock ftpd. After checking around a bit I was interested in a few of the features it offered and started playing around with it, only to find out that half of them didn't really work for various reasons, including those quoted in the parent to this thread. 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. -- Munish Chopra To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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