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wip/flnews-snapshot,
Fast and lightweight USENET newsreader with GUI
Branch: CURRENT,
Version: 1.3.0pre29,
Package name: flnews-1.3.0pre29,
Maintainer: michaflnews is a client with graphical user interface to read USENET newsgroups.
It is intended for POSIX compliant operating systems running the X window
system.
The main development goals are (in order of importance):
- No bloat
- Support for old workstations
- Standard compliance
- Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others
- Compatibility with other newsreaders
- Usable X display redirection via network (or ssh tunnel)
- Warn users about things that are not forbidden but considered "bad practice"
Features that are currently not implemented (or not usable yet):
- UUCP
- Multiple servers
- Offline mode (for network connection via dialup line)
Package options: inet6, nls, xdbe, xdg-utils
Master sites: (Expand)
Filesize: 1325.399 KB
Version history: (Expand)
- (2025-03-24) Package added to pkgsrc.se, version flnews-1.3.0pre29 (created)