lftp-devel  

Re: improving lftp project

Rodolfo Borges
Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:20:43 -0700

#1 Because Google Code doesn't support git.

I vote for github.com (more feature-complete) or gitorious.org.

On 7/27/09, Sorin Sbarnea <sorin.sbar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> First I want to say that I really appreciate LFTP as a very good
> open-source product.
>
> Because I has some issues using LFTP in my day-to-day work I have some
> questions/suggestions.
>
> #1 Why not using Google Code for hosting the project? They provide a
> very good platform that contains a nice bug tracker, source control
> and wiki. In addition they have a much better uptime than current
> hosting - I do usually have problems accesing lftp.yar.ru like "The
> connection was reset". Also, It does provide a very good email address
> protection and spam protection via "moderate firs post" feature.
>
> #2 Why not using Google Groups - it is much better than majordomo and
> you can subscribe to the threads that you are interested in. Also the
> web interface is maybe the most powerful.
>
> #3 Where is located the source code repository? The download page does
> not contain it and the one published on
> https://www.ohloh.net/p/lftp/enlistments is no longer working (I was
> working 9 month ago).
>
> #4. Building latest version (3.7.14 or 3.7.15) on a *clean* CentOS 5
> does create an executable that gives a segmentation fault even when
> you call it with "lftp --help"
>
> #5 Getting a portable win32 build is a real pain
>
> #6 Why not having a bug tracker? (#1 would solve this)
>
> #7 Why not using a wiki for the website, it's easier to update. For
> example the link to binaries is not working for months -
> ftp://lftp.yar.ru/lftp/binaries/
>
> Thanks,
> --
> /sorin
> http://nusunt.eu
>