On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 06:36:40PM +0200, Hrvoje Niksic wrote: > > at least one of the people on ALT Linux Team used > > `wget --non-verbose' in scripts; that broke with 1.10. > Sorry about that. I'm not sure if it makes sense to resurrect > --non-verbose for 1.10.2 or 1.11... most people seemed to use > -nv, which is still working.
Probably yes, marking it as depreciated? > > Maybe it would be reasonable not to advertise depreciated > > option name variations but to support them still? > I tried hard to do that, but missed --non-verbose. Could you > please point out where the option is advertised? In existing scripts. :) At least one watching our bugzilla has stumbled upon the change. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Applications > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Networking/WWW > Are these categories standardized anywhere? How do I know that > "Networking/WWW" makes more sense that just "Network > Applications" or something else altogether? Sorry, it was attaching "remaining patches" mindlessly. I've re-checked them just after sending the message but decided that it wasn't that important. Seems like distro-specific. > > @direntry > > -* Wget: (wget). The non-interactive network downloader. > > +* Wget: (wget). The non-interactive network downloader > > @end direntry > Why remove the period? Other GNU programs seem to have it. It's not my patch, attached blind as well. Sorry. (hmm... maybe I'd find out when it appeared and why) > > -#passive_ftp = off > > +passive_ftp = on > Passive FTP is on by default as of 1.10, so this paragraph > should probably be rewritten to reflect that. I'm thinking of > something along the lines of: > > # By default Wget uses "passive FTP" transfer where the client > # initiates the data connection to the server rather than the other > # way around. That is required on systems behind NAT where the client > # computer cannot be easily reached from the Internet. However, some > # firewalls software explicitly supports active FTP and in fact has > # problems supporting passive transfer. If you are in such > # environment, use "passive_ftp = off" to revert to active FTP. > #passive_ftp = off Seems fine. Thanks! 1.10 is welcome update, especially with large file support :-) -- ---- WBR, Michael Shigorin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------ Linux.Kiev http://www.linux.kiev.ua/
