> What is the current status of the ftpfs translator? Mark claims it works. It never works for me.
> The CVS logs show that most development was done by Miles Bader > back in late 1997. The CVS log for ftpfs.h also says that Mr. Bader has > since left the FSF. He does not work on the hurd anymore. > Other than a few updates from Roland McGrath, > Thomas Bushnell, and Mark Kettenis, there hasnt been any changes > recorded in CVS. Is there a developer working on any of ftpfs > outside of CVS that anyone here knows of? Mark Kettenis seems > to be the latest contributor, but I dont want to assume. No. Feel free to fix it. > Also, can it be compiled separately from the rest of the hurd sources? On a hurd machine sure. You will have to muck with the Makefiles. > This looks like what I would like to work on to contribute to the Hurd, > if no one else already has ownership. I am not a professional developer, > so my contributions would be sparse and in need of peer review, but > Im confident I can fill in a few missing pieces and squash a few bugs. Great. Best of luck. -Neal -- Neal H Walfield University of Massachusetts at Lowell [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
