Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 20:01:11 +0100 From: Erwin Lansing <erwin@FreeBSD.org> To: "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net> 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? Message-ID: <20050104190111.GK23657@droso.net> In-Reply-To: <20050104124508.79b15898@dolphin.local.net> References: <20050104124508.79b15898@dolphin.local.net>
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--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--
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