Subject: Re: netatalk1
To: None <mark@mcs.vuw.ac.nz>
From: Takahiro Kambe <taca@back-street.net>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 06/02/2005 09:08:32
Hi,

In message <200506021038.51154.mark@mcs.vuw.ac.nz>
	on Thu, 2 Jun 2005 10:38:51 +1200,
	Mark Davies <mark@mcs.vuw.ac.nz> wrote:
> At the time that I updated the netatalk package to 2.0.1 someone asked that 
> the existing 1.6.2 package remain around so I reimported it as net/netatalk1.
Maybe it's me.

It was because of compatibility problem with handling of non-ascii
character (i.e. Japanese) file name.  Especially sharing file system
with netatalk and Samba.

> Version 2 of netatalk has had time to bed in now and I don't see the need for 
> the netatalk1 package to remain anymore so unless someone wants to take over 
> maintainership for it I'll remove it in about a week.
Then, I'll take it (and netatalk 1.6.x seems to still maintained.)

Best regards.

-- 
Takahiro Kambe <taca@back-street.net>