two versions of ncftp required, and with Readline?

[Muhammad Hussain Yusuf <muhammad_yusuf@lineone.net>]

Hi,

1) I was wondering whether there are many users of
both ncftp2 (the old version) and ncftp3, who install both versions.

A suggested solution (by Szasz Andras ) to allow both is:

ncftp: /usr/bin/ncftp3
ncftp2: /usr/bin/ncftp2
And both of them should make use of the /etc/alternatives system (see:
update-alternatives), and ncftp3 with a higher priority.


And how many still use the old version, which is no longer maintained
upstream? Is it worth retaining?


2) Previous versions have had the Readline option,
since some did not like getline, which is now an integral part of ncftp.

The new upstream version of ncftp (3.0.3) needs patching so that
readline can be enabled as an option.

Polite question: would anyone really miss the readline option since
getline works OK and *seems to be* what most users use?