Bug#221919: [RFA]: fetchmail -- POP2/3, APOP, IMAP mail gatherer/forwarder
If nobody else has stepped forward I would try it. I know C, however,
not much about IPC, signals and network but I guess I can learn this.
I also use python.
I use fetchmail and consider it a nice tool and would therefor be sorrow
to see it disappear.
I would appreciate the tarball.
All the best
Mathias
On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 10:33:13PM +0100, Benjamin Drieu
wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: normal
>
> I no longer have time to maintain fetchmail in Debian, thus I'm
> orphaning it.
>
> This package is made of two parts :
>
> - fetchmail itself, a monolithic and rather buggy C program, which
> need a lot of upstream cleanup. Maintaining it demands some C
> skills and a thorough knowledge of IPC, signals, network
> programming, etc. ;
>
> - fetchmailconf, a large but well written Python program. It should
> not require a large knowledge of Python as it is very maintainable
> and very stable.
>
> Upstream maintainer is a nice fellow provided you send patches to him,
> so maintaining fetchmail requires that the Debian maintainer fixes
> some bugs by itself. Upstream development list is usually responsive
> and should be of help.
>
> The most important is that this package requires a lot of social
> skills and patience with users and fellow developers as some bugs may
> require coordination to track them down.
>
> I can provide a tarball of my CVS repository upon request.
>
> Cheers,
> Benjamin
>
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