Re: [Proftpd-devel] Vote for your favorite castaglia.org module

[Francesco P. L. <fr...@de...>]

On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 12:16:52PM -0800, TJ Saunders wrote:
> 
> As both a core developer and a third-party module developer, I try to make 
> the fine distinction between the code/modules I write for the existing 
> ProFTPD source distribution, and the modules I write for fun/interest (and 
> make available via castaglia.org).  I'm not sure that I entirely succeed 
> in making this distinction.
> 
> Thus I use castaglia.org as a bit of a R&D lab, and an incubation site for 
> the modules I've written.  (And if you're interested in 
> developing/providing your own proftpd modules, I recommend doing the same 
> sort of thing.)  Over time, modules from castaglia.org have seen enough 
> usage that I've felt comfortable adding them to the ProFTPD source 
> distribution, under the contrib/ directory.
> 
> In my role as a third-party module developer, then, I'm asking for votes 
> on which castaglia.org module you'd like to see added to ProFTPD's 
> contrib/ directory.  Here are the modules that come to my mind as 
> candidates:
> 
>   mod_audit
>     http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/modules/mod_audit.html
> 
>   mod_autohost
>     http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/modules/mod_autohost.html
> 
>   mod_counter
>     http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/modules/mod_counter.html
> 
>   mod_deflate
>     http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/modules/mod_deflate.html
> 
>   mod_dnsbl
>     http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/modules/mod_dnsbl.html
> 
>   mod_exec
>     http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/modules/mod_exec.html
> 
>   mod_md5
>     http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/modules/mod_md5.html
> 
>   mod_shaper
>     http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/modules/mod_shaper.html
> 
>   mod_vroot
>     http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/modules/mod_vroot.html
> 
> The mod_tar module might be useful for some sites.  Given that it's 
> relatively new, I haven't received any feedback on it yet, but if people 
> felt that it would be a valuable addition, just let me know.
> 
> I am particularly interested in the ideas/opinions from any of the proftpd 
> packagers out there; you will hear about proftpd questions/requests from 
> your respective package users that usually does not reach my ears.
> 

At least on the Debian Bug Ticketing System, there are wishlist reports
about the cited mod_tar and also mod_gzipfs and mod_otp (was mod_opie).
As a package maintainer, I do not care specifically if those modules are distributed
within the main source or in separated packages, now that prxs
and a consistent building infrastructure is available to allow third-parties
modules packaging in separated trees. 
With enough people on that we could package virtually all available modules. 
That said, as user/admin I find useful:

mod_shaper
mod_vroot
mod_exec


-- 
Francesco P. Lovergine