Bug#595820: ITP: woof -- A small, simple, stupid webserver to share files

2010-09-09 Thread Andrea Gasparini
Long Description: Woof (Web Offer One File) is a tool to copy files between hosts. It can serve a specified file on HTTP,just for a given number of times, and then shutdown. It can be easily used to share files across the computers on a net, and given that the other ends should have just a b

Bug#595820: ITP: woof -- A small, simple, stupid webserver to share files

2010-09-09 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Wed, Sep 08, 2010 at 04:58:21PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Incoming code of possible security significance should be reviewed for > at least common classes of security holes. Instead, we get a thread where > the ITPer is required to prove that nothing in Debian can do what his > package does. Yo

Bug#595820: ITP: woof -- A small, simple, stupid webserver to share files

2010-09-08 Thread Joey Hess
Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > That is: considering that introducing a new web server in the archive > will potentially increase the work of the security team, it must be > worth. You know, introducing any package that is capable of network traffic in either direction can potentially increase the wor

Bug#595820: ITP: woof -- A small, simple, stupid webserver to share files

2010-09-08 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Wed, Sep 08, 2010 at 08:03:14PM +0200, Salvo Tomaselli wrote: > > This would already reduce the load on the FTP, release and security > > teams, and allow their members to do more useful things. > And would lead many people to choose other distributions that offer more than > merely core packag

Bug#595820: ITP: woof -- A small, simple, stupid webserver to share files

2010-09-07 Thread Andrea Gualano
Hi all, I've been using woof for quite a bit of time now, and I find it very useful. It's not meant as a substitute for a full-fledged webserver, it's a tool to transfer files to/from other computers and devices. I find it quite handy and simple, and I don't know of any other tool with a compara

Bug#595820: ITP: woof -- A small, simple, stupid webserver to share files

2010-09-07 Thread Mauro Lizaur
2010-09-07, Stefano Zacchiroli: > [ adding back the ITP to Cc: ] > > On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 10:56:15AM +0200, Salvo Tomaselli wrote: > > The default installation of lighttpd would put itself in the autostart, > > maybe > > i just wanted to share a file and it would take time for me to change

Bug#595820: ITP: woof -- A small, simple, stupid webserver to share files

2010-09-07 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
[ adding back the ITP to Cc: ] On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 10:56:15AM +0200, Salvo Tomaselli wrote: > The default installation of lighttpd would put itself in the autostart, maybe > i just wanted to share a file and it would take time for me to change the > configuration for avoiding autostart and c

Bug#595820: ITP: woof -- A small, simple, stupid webserver to share files

2010-09-07 Thread Salvo Tomaselli
On Tuesday 07 September 2010 00:22:26 brian m. carlson wrote: > We have a lot of web servers in Debian. Could you provide a long > description for the package that helps an adminstrator decide why she > might want to install woof instead of some other lightweight web > server? I maintain a simil

Bug#595820: ITP: woof -- A small, simple, stupid webserver to share files

2010-09-07 Thread Holger Levsen
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Bug#595820: ITP: woof -- A small, simple, stupid webserver to share files

2010-09-07 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le mardi 07 septembre 2010 à 10:25 +0200, Salvo Tomaselli a écrit : > I maintain a similar package (weborf), but yet with some differences. > > Weborf uses a basedirectory param while woof can use a directory or a file. > Weborf will not limit the number of connections. > Woof would tar a director

Bug#595820: ITP: woof -- A small, simple, stupid webserver to share files

2010-09-07 Thread Andrea Gasparini
Andrea Colangelo wrote, Tuesday 07 September 2010 > > * URL : http://www.home.unix-ag.org/simon/ http://www.home.unix-ag.org/simon/woof.html Josselin Mouette wrote, Tuesday 07 September 2010: > Oh yeah. We didn’t have enough webservers in the archive. Joss, you could even be right,

Bug#595820: ITP: woof -- A small, simple, stupid webserver to share files

2010-09-07 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Sep 07, Andrea Gasparini wrote: > Brian, it lacks the long description, right, we'll provide one asap. > Though, it serves just one file a given number of times, and then shutdown. > It's something useful for distributing file in a LAN, if you don't want to > install and setup a complete/com

Bug#595820: ITP: woof -- A small, simple, stupid webserver to share files

2010-09-06 Thread brian m. carlson
On Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 11:55:51PM +0200, Andrea Colangelo wrote: > * Package name: woof > Version : 2009.12.27 > Upstream Author : Simon Budig > * URL : http://www.home.unix-ag.org/simon/ > * License : GPL2 > Programming Lang: Python > Description : A

Bug#595820: ITP: woof -- A small, simple, stupid webserver to share files

2010-09-06 Thread Mauro Lizaur
2010-09-06, brian m. carlson: > On Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 11:55:51PM +0200, Andrea Colangelo wrote: > > * Package name: woof > > Version : 2009.12.27 > > Upstream Author : Simon Budig > > * URL : http://www.home.unix-ag.org/simon/ > > * License : GPL2 > > Pr

Bug#595820: ITP: woof -- A small, simple, stupid webserver to share files

2010-09-06 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le lundi 06 septembre 2010 à 23:55 +0200, Andrea Colangelo a écrit : > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Andrea Colangelo > > > * Package name: woof > Version : 2009.12.27 > Upstream Author : Simon Budig > * URL : http://www.home.unix-ag.org/simon/ > * Lic

Bug#595820: ITP: woof -- A small, simple, stupid webserver to share files

2010-09-06 Thread Andrea Colangelo
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Andrea Colangelo * Package name: woof Version : 2009.12.27 Upstream Author : Simon Budig * URL : http://www.home.unix-ag.org/simon/ * License : GPL2 Programming Lang: Python Description : A small, simple, stupi