Did you know wget is currently in lack of a maintainer ? If you have time to perform those enhancements you enlistened you should probably apply as (at least temporary) maintainer. This wouldn't mean you would be forced to devolve more time to wget than you can and want, or tackle issus you really are not currently interested with - but still the community would be gratefull.
Even a maintainer only partially present would be better than the current hiatus and a branch. On the other hand, if you could/would take over full wget development that would be even better. Heiko Herold -- -- PREVINET S.p.A. www.previnet.it -- Heiko Herold [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- +39-041-5907073 ph -- +39-041-5907472 fax > -----Original Message----- > From: Mauro Tortonesi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 7:20 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Deep Space 6 Development > Mailing List > Subject: autoconf 2.5x and automake support for wget 1.9 beta > > > > hi to everybody, > > i have just imported into the deepspace6.net CVS repository a > modified version of wget 1.9 beta: > > http://cvs.deepspace6.net/view/wget/ > > i have fixed a bug in the parsing of urls with embedded ipv6 addresses > (the previous check was not exaustive, the new code is taken > from glibc > 2.3.2 and modified) and i have repackaged wget 1.9 beta to make use of > autoconf 2.57, automake => 1.6, gettext 0.12.1 and libtool. > > you can access the CVS repository from the handy ViewCVS > interface at the > URL above, or via anonymous CVS, following the instructions below: > > http://www.deepspace6.net/sections/cvs.html > > to build the package from the CVS snapshot you will need > autoconf 2.57 or > better, automake 1.6 or better, gettext 0.12.1 (yes, exactly > 0.12.1) and a > recent libtool (versions => 1.4.0 should work). > > just type: > > make -f Makefile.cvs prep > > and then build wget as usual: > > ./configure && make > su > make install > > you're encouraged to perform the build from the CVS snapshot, but if > there is a particular reason for which you just don't want to > install/use > the GNU autotools, or if you're simply just too lazy, you may > want to try > one of these tarballs instead: > > ftp://ftp.deepspace6.net/pub/ds6/sources/wget/wget-1.9-beta-ma uro.tar.gz ftp://ftp.deepspace6.net/pub/ds6/sources/wget/wget-1.9-beta-mauro.tar.bz2 i hope that you will like the new autoconf-2.5x/automake-1.6-ed package. i also hope that the wget maintainer will consider accepting this patch. in the meanwhile, i am going to add autoconf checks for IPv6 support to my wget tree above, just like what i've done with oftpd: http://cvs.deepspace6.net/view/oftpd/ other things in my TODO: autoconf: - use AC_SYS_LARGEFILE in configure.ac? - handle automatic de-ansi-fication better or get rid of it (i would prefer the second choice, as i like the autobook approach: http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/autobook/autobook_51.html) - handle md5 support with AC_LIBOBJs instead of libmd5? - check build process on windows: a) fix broken windows/config.h.ms? b) update windows/config.h.* c) verify windows/Makefile* d) check with DJGPP e) check with cygwin f) check with gnuwin32 - check opie, ssl and md5 support C code: - fix gcc => 3.2 warnings - check IPv6 support - fix uncorrected bugs previously reported on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list - check FTP mirroring via HTTP proxy (i had problems with 1.8.2) please, feel free to send me feedback and bug reports ;-) BTW: in the same CVS repository: http://cvs.deepspace6.net/view/wget-1.8/ you can find an IPv6-enabled version of wget 1.8.2. beware, the code is still incomplete and has not been fully tested, yet. -- Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem... Mauro Tortonesi [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Deep Space 6 - IPv6 with Linux http://www.deepspace6.net Ferrara Linux User Group http://www.ferrara.linux.it
