From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 4 19:01:14 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB3C616A4CE for ; Tue, 4 Jan 2005 19:01:14 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.droso.net (koala.droso.net [193.88.12.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A44943D48 for ; Tue, 4 Jan 2005 19:01:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from erwin@mail.droso.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.droso.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7093C2288A; Tue, 4 Jan 2005 20:01:12 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail.droso.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id C693722889; Tue, 4 Jan 2005 20:01:11 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 20:01:11 +0100 From: Erwin Lansing To: "Conrad J. Sabatier" Message-ID: <20050104190111.GK23657@droso.net> Mail-Followup-To: "Conrad J. Sabatier" , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Bauno References: <20050104124508.79b15898@dolphin.local.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="wRRV7LY7NUeQGEoC" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050104124508.79b15898@dolphin.local.net> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD/i386 5.2.1-RELEASE-p1 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd 0.1 cc: Bauno cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Possibility of adding ports/74637: New port: news/klibido (GUI Usenet binaries downloader) in time for 4.11 release? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 19:01:14 -0000 --wRRV7LY7NUeQGEoC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 12:45:08PM -0600, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: > [ Cc: to Bauno, author of klibido ] >=20 > I originally submitted this new port (news/klibido, a Usenet > binaries downloader with a very nice GUI and multi-server, > multi-connections-per server capability) about a month ago. >=20 [snip] >=20 > I feel very strongly that klibido will make a very fine and worthwhile > addition to the ports collection, and that it truly does fill a > certain niche that no other program in the collection does in quite the > same way. Bottom line: this sucker is *fast* (what with its > multi-server, multi-connection capability), and very easy to use. Just > the thing for any new users we may gain from the 4.11 release, as well > as for current users looking for a binaries downloader comparable > to those available for other platforms. >=20 We are currently in ports freeze which means that only critical fixes will be allowed in, no new features. As this is a new port, and thus a new feature, it will not be allowed in the tree until after the freeze, which hopefully will only last a couple of days more. Cheers, -erwin --=20 _._ _,-'""`-._ Erwin Lansing (,-.`._,'( |\`-/| erwin@lansing.dk http://droso.org `-.-' \ )-`( , o o) erwin@FreeBSD.org -bf- `- \`_`"'- --wRRV7LY7NUeQGEoC Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFB2uf3qy9aWxUlaZARAjljAJ9SobcBYvf3Cwf6UGcxpzAItuLAyACg0jcO OPLayJJqwKcpxlcP3znsm10= =wqnM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --wRRV7LY7NUeQGEoC--