[Bug 248431] Review Request: perl-Net-FTPServer - Secure, extensible and configurable Perl FTP server

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Summary: Review Request: perl-Net-FTPServer - Secure, extensible and configurable Perl FTP server
Alias: perl-Net-FTPServer

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=248431





------- Additional Comments From steve at silug.org  2008-05-17 13:47 EST -------
(In reply to comment #20)
> I'd probably add a note to each of the descriptions about the exact contents,
like:
>   This package contains the Perl modules; install the perl-ftpd package for the 
>   server executables.
> and
>   This package contains server executables.

I'll do that in -5 (after I've checked -4 into CVS).

> Also, once you have server executables, it may be prudent to consider how
> they'll be started by the system.  That probably means initscripts or something
> in /etc/xinetd.d depending on how the server is supposed to be run, unless you
> really don't think anyone should be running this as their actual FTP server.

I'll figure out what the package needs and add that to -5.

> I personally am wary of FTP servers, especially when they claim to be secure and
> haven't been updated in three years.

Then again, it's not like FTP has changed much in the last decade (or two)...  :-)

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