TODO -- incompled todo list for Busybox

[walter harms]

Denys Vlasenko schrieb:
> Hi Walter,
> 
> On Tuesday 12 May 2009 18:32, walter harms wrote:
>> Mike Frysinger schrieb:
>>> On Tuesday 12 May 2009 03:27:27 walter harms wrote:
>>>> Mike Frysinger schrieb:
>>>>> On Monday 11 May 2009 06:47:01 walter harms wrote:
>>>>>> * portmap or  equivalent
>>>>>> we don't have to use -o nolock on nfs mounts
>>>>> prefer mentioning rpcbind as it is replacing portmap (the latter lacks
>>>>> things like IPV6 support)
>>>> i have no write access :)
>>> that doesnt mean you cant d/l git, create a patch, and post it to the list for 
>>> us to merge
>>> -mike
>> patch attached
> 
> I applied it.
> 
> I dropped ftpd because it got added to 1.14.0:
> 
> "New applets:
> ...
>     * ftpd: by Adam Tkac (vonsch AT gmail.com)
> ..."
> 
> However, I think TODO adds more maintenance work (gets out of date
> and requires updating from time to time) than helps to fix things.
> People tend to work on problems not because they see them
> metioned in the TODO, but because it bites them into their backside.
> 
> At least I almost never look in that file...
> 
> Maybe it's better to create bug records. I do look on them.
> 
> Of course, sending patches with fixes is x10 times better still.
> --


you can also drop "man".

please note that the list is a compilation of the last discussion.
I did not remove any item intentionally. IMHO the list needs
some more discussion what is done already and what can be removed.

re,
 wh