ftputil should not only be distributed as a tar.gz file but also as a Debian/Ubuntu package (if possible in the regular distribution, not just as an Debian-wise unofficial .deb package).
Rationale:
- ftputil would become more widely known. This could result in more users, more feedback and possibly more contributions.
- It would be easier for other Debian/Ubuntu developers to add FTP support to their programs by adding ftputil as dependency.
Subtasks:
- Add a subdirectory to ftputil's repository which contains the Debian-specific stuff.
- Extend ftputil's makefile so that source and binary packages can easily be built along with the tar.gz distribution.
- Get the Debian package included in the regular Debian distribution.
In principle, this applies also to other distributions. The reason for choosing Debian here is that I (Stefan) usually work with Ubuntu and could develop this package myself. If you would like to provide a package for another Unix/Linux distribution, please send a mail to the mailing list at ftputil@codespeak.net . Note that you should subscribe to the mailing list at http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/ftputil before sending a mail to the list.
Stefan
