ITP: gnutalk

[michael.weber@post.rwth-aachen.de (Michael Weber)]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist


See: http:/sourceforge.net/projects/gnutalk
License: GNU GPL Version 2


There is some work to do before the package can be uploaded, so I
agreed with the author to delay an upload until there is a new
upstream release, which will be approx. in March'2001.

I'm currently in the NM queue.


Package: gnutalk
Architecture: any
Description: plug-in replacement for standard talk
 GNU Talk supports talk protocols 0 & 1. Defines protocol 2.
 Client supports multiple connections, file transfer,
 primitive encryption, shared apps, auto-answer, multiple
 front-ends including [n]curses, Xaw, Xm, GTK and GNOME.
 .
 The daemon collects request versions 0, 1, & 2 together,
 and permits interaction between clients of different
 types.
 .
 Also supports MRU tty announce, announce-redirect,
 blacklists, and tty-bomb filtering.


Cheers,
Michael