Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 11:46:47 +0000 (UTC) From: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> To: Max Laier <max@love2party.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-pf@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pf(4) status in 7.0-R Message-ID: <20070606114612.E38838@maildrop.int.zabbadoz.net> In-Reply-To: <200706061339.37147.max@love2party.net> References: <20070601103549.GA22490@localhost.localdomain> <200706061154.00751.max@love2party.net> <86tztll619.fsf@dwp.des.no> <200706061339.37147.max@love2party.net>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --0-1889060185-1181130407=:38838 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE On Wed, 6 Jun 2007, Max Laier wrote: > On Wednesday 06 June 2007, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: >> Max Laier <max@love2party.net> writes: >>> Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav <des@des.no> writes: >>>> Max Laier <max@love2party.net> writes: >>>>> Anything else? >>>> >>>> ftp-proxy(8) and tftp-proxy(8) would be nice... >>> >>> ... I'm at it. Could you maybe lend a hand with importing >>> libevent[1] which is a requirement for ftp-proxy now? It should make >>> a good addition to base anyhow - as a convenient (and portable) >>> interface to kqueue. >> >> Convenient and portable, but buggy as hell - we used it in Varnish to >> begin with but had to ditch it due to a combination of design flaws and >> bugs. It also suffers from creeping featuritis - the latest version >> includes a DNS resolver and a full HTTP implementation... it's only a >> matter of time before it grows a lisp interpreter and a mail reader. > > hmmm ... okay, didn't know that. But what do you suggest as an > alternative? I certainly won't reinvent the wheel for the libevent calls > in ftp-proxy. Importing libevent code private to ftp-proxy seems equally > wrong. So the alternatives - to me at least - are either importing > libevent or leaveing ftp-proxy in ports. Pick your poison. ports. --=20 Bjoern A. Zeeb=09=09=09=09bzeeb at Zabbadoz dot NeT --0-1889060185-1181130407=:38838--
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