Bug#145798: netcat: openbsd's rewrite of netcat might help some ppl... or not

2008-01-15 Thread Soren Hansen
I didn't want to replace what we have, but if this bug is really an RFP, I'll check it out, see if there's anything to be done to make using the alternatives system work, and put a package together. Ping me again if this isn't ready by the end of the week. Consider yourself pinged. :) I took

Bug#145798: netcat: openbsd's rewrite of netcat might help some ppl... or not

2008-01-15 Thread Decklin Foster
retitle 145798 ITP: netcat-openbsd -- TCP/IP swiss army knife reassign 145798 wnpp thanks Due to feature requests (UNIX domain sockets, SOCKS) that are difficult to implement in the current, aging netcat code base, I have decided to once again look into packaging OpenBSD's version. At the present

Bug#145798: netcat: openbsd's rewrite of netcat might help some ppl... or not

2006-09-19 Thread Sam Hocevar
Could you please elaborate on your tagging #145798 +wontfix? Debian users are stuck with a netcat from 1998 that isn't maintained while the OpenBSD netcat has support for IPv6, Unix sockets etc. If you don't have time to package a newer version, I can help; if you just don't want to package

Bug#145798: netcat: openbsd's rewrite of netcat might help some ppl... or not

2006-09-19 Thread Decklin Foster
Sam Hocevar writes: Could you please elaborate on your tagging #145798 +wontfix? Debian users are stuck with a netcat from 1998 that isn't maintained while the OpenBSD netcat has support for IPv6, Unix sockets etc. If you don't have time to package a newer version, I can help; if you