Guillaume Delacour scrisse: > Hello, > > I think this is a good idea to drop the package since this tools does > not have so much release (i just see this after ITA it :s) > > After some investigations, i see that: > - nc.openbsd (netcat-openbsd package) have IPv6 and UDP support > - nc6 have many supports like bluetooth support [1] via L2CAP > protocol (yet used ?), buffer size, half-close, mtu and nru. I don't > know if these features are useful for actual users of nc6 [2] > - socat seems to have same features that nc.openbsd have (IPv6, > UDP, etc..) > > 1: nc6(1) > 2: http://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=nc6 > So the problem does not seems to be the IPv6 support but other > features of nc6...
So, it looks like the original intent of ipv6-support is already there for alternatives, still nc6 has some interesting options. The optimum would be to port them to nc-openbsd/socat, so that nc6 will complete its scope. I'll try to get in touch with related upstream developer and ask them to cordinate the integration. I won't have time now to directly produce patches, so I hope someone can keep the job soon. In the meantime, nc6 could be kept in the archive as a pro-tempore solution, if you're still interested in it. Cheers, Luca -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Luca Bruno (kaeso) : :' : The Universal O.S. | lucab (AT) debian.org `. `'` | GPG Key ID: 3BFB9FB3 `- http://www.debian.org | Debian GNU/Linux Developer
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