Re: [ftpext] WG Status (was: Re: Fwd: Re: ftpext2 review of FTP HOST command?)

Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se> Tue, 13 March 2012 07:32 UTC

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On Mon, 12 Mar 2012, John C Klensin wrote:

> 	Do we have commitments to implement whatever the WG
> 	comes up with?

If server softwares would implement HOST and if server admins would configure 
their servers to use it, then I'd be inclined to add support for it (in curl).

A lot of ifs in there and given history I'd say we're a loooong way from that 
situation.

> If the answer to some or all of the above is "no", should people really 
> spend time reviewing this document or should we be thinking about concluding 
> that FTP's detractors are correct about level of interest and hence give up 
> on this effort?

I'm sorry to agree: this is not a very functional WG. To me, it looks like 
there's not enough interest from implementors to update FTP.

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