From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jan 5 16:45:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA04224 for current-outgoing; Mon, 5 Jan 1998 16:45:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: from word.smith.net.au (vh1.gsoft.com.au [203.38.152.122]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA04134 for ; Mon, 5 Jan 1998 16:44:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA00365; Tue, 6 Jan 1998 11:08:06 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199801060038.LAA00365@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Time to retire fetch? In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 05 Jan 1998 02:03:56 -0800." <4721.883994636@time.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 11:08:06 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I just noticed that FTP in -current now supports http:// style > fetches, a feature which seems to have crept in under my nose during > the sync with NetBSD's ftp client. Given that, the questions now in > my mind are: > > 1. Do we want to retire fetch and just use ftp now as our > FETCH_CMD in -current? Would any fetch features be missed > that would also be overtly difficult to merge into the ftp > client? Strengthening one tool rather than putting two > into competition is obviously a worthy goal if it's possible > to do it. We had this "discussion" when the new FTP arrived. Garrett was a little defensive about his baby, and pointed out that fetch does some things better than ftp does. In particular, fetch is the one sample T/TCP application we have; a search of the archives would probably turn up the body of the discussion. I certainly felt that it would make more sense to integrate the two, but that abandoning fetch outright might be a little precipitate. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\