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  • From: James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] Hybrid BL1/BL3
  • Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 22:27:13 -0500 (CDT)

On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> > BL3 does seem better in all respects (other than the lack
> > of ftp).
>
> ftp is not worth the space (which is limited to what can fit
> on two floppies). ftp downloads are better handled by wget.
> Fewer users need ftp uploads (you are the only one who seems
> to miss it). The ftp client was removed in BL2. There was
> no good reason to restore it in BL3. I would, however, be
> happy to consider creating an add-on package for ftp.

The ftp binary I robbed from a BL1 install for my BL3 was something like
50-80KB. I can post it at my add-ons page if it seems of interest to you
or anyone esle.

James




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