Re: remove distributed-net-pproxy?
Quoting Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org>:
> * Stephen Stafford (ssta@clothcat.org) [040709 21:10]:
> > I've done some work on the distributed-net client package (trying to make
> it fit
> > for release) and came across distributed-net-pproxy while I was at it.
> >
> > I'm not really interested enough in distributed-net-pproxy to want spend
> the
> > time to fix it. It's orphaned, has had an RC bug - #145410 - (with a
> patch) for
> > well over 2 years which nobody has cared enough to fix, is non-free, and
> doesn't
> > function with the current distributed.net infrastructure (needs update to
> latest
> > upstream version) - see #181473.
>
> Have you spoken with Loic Le Guyader? He has expressed his will to
> adopt distributed-net, but has no sponsor (ITA from 2003-05-05, last
> mail from 2003-12-22). Loic, what's the status of this? Do you also
> intend to adopt *-proxy, and when do you intend to upload?
>
>
Ah, I hadn't spotted that.
Loic, I'll sponsor it for you if you're still interested.
I've uploaded an updated distributed-net package which should fix most of the
bugs and generally makes it possible to use it now. The -pproxy package looks
like it needs a similar job doing on it.
I'll happily sponsor both if you need me to.
Cheers,
--
Stephen Stafford | Development and support consultant
<stephen@clothcat.demon.co.uk> | http://www.clothcat.org
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