Package: ftp.debian.org Severity: normal X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Control: affects -1 + src:netcat-openbsd Control: tags -1 + moreinfo User: [email protected] Usertags: override
Hi everyone, for a very long time we have the "netcat-openbsd" package. In the past, src:netcat provided a "netcat" binary package, but it was renamed (with a long-standing, now removed, transitional package) to "netcat-traditional". For your reference, the package descriptions are: Package: netcat-traditional Description-en: TCP/IP swiss army knife A simple Unix utility which reads and writes data across network connections using TCP or UDP protocol. It is designed to be a reliable "back-end" tool that can be used directly or easily driven by other programs and scripts. At the same time it is a feature-rich network debugging and exploration tool, since it can create almost any kind of connection you would need and has several interesting built-in capabilities. . This is the "classic" netcat, written by *Hobbit*. It lacks many features found in netcat-openbsd. Package: netcat-openbsd Description-en: TCP/IP swiss army knife A simple Unix utility which reads and writes data across network connections using TCP or UDP protocol. It is designed to be a reliable "back-end" tool that can be used directly or easily driven by other programs and scripts. At the same time it is a feature-rich network debugging and exploration tool, since it can create almost any kind of connection you would need and has several interesting built-in capabilities. . This package contains the OpenBSD rewrite of netcat, including support for IPv6, proxies, and Unix sockets. Yet netcat-traditional is still Priority: standard, and thus the one included in normal installs. I would like to see the Priority fields to be switched, so: netcat-openbsd becomes Priority: standard netcat-traditional becomes Priority: optional What does everyone think? Chris NB: netcat-traditional currently FTBFS.
