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Subject: Re: fetch - time to kill ncftp?
To: scrappy@ki.net (Marc G. Fournier)
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 13:45:36 -0700 (PDT)
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> On Wed, 19 Jun 1996, JULIAN Elischer wrote:

> >  I dunno
> >  I kinda like it..
> >  if id is nuked, then please make sure it goes into ports..
> >  dos based users like the little bar-graph :)
> >

> 	- little bar-graph is nice
> 	- bookmark file of sites accessed (/hosts) is nice
> 	- history of commands is nice
> 		- including the fact that it remembers even after
> 		  you exit ncftp (similar to bash/tcsh)

I don't think anyone is arguing that ncftp is cool.  However, if I'm
not mistaken it was only in the case release to facilitate
install-via-FTP.  Since it's not needed for the install, it should be
removed from the base release.

IMHO, of course.