On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Eric Bélanger <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > As previously discussed > (http://archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-dev-public/2008-December/009353.html) > I've just added inetutils-1.5-1in testing to implement FS#12281. This > new package will provide the following network clients/daemons: > ftp/ftpd > rexec/rexecd > rlogin/rlogind > rsh/rshd > talk/talkd > telnet/telnetd > rcp. > > It will replace the following packages: > core/netkit-telnet > extra/netkit-ftp > extra/netkit-rsh > On a related note, netkit-tftp will be remove from the repo in favor > of tftp-hpa. The inetutils tools can also profide a tftp > client/server. It's currently not included in the inetutils package. > We could provide them in a separate package if there is sufficient > demand. > > As inetutils will go to core as it will replace a core package, it > will require the usual 2 signoffs. Signoff from users will be > appreciated as well as these network tools have a low usage these > days. Please indicate what specific client/daemon you tested. Because > it's a totally new package, I'll keep it in testing for at least a > week to give more time to test. > > Eric >
Wait before signing off. inetutils 1.6 is out.
