From 1d80f683c2207e2d10b29a31cfec0820ba44dcea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Reuben Thomas Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:00:57 +0000 Subject: Clarify history and add a little more. --- HISTORY | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------- 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) (limited to 'HISTORY') diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY index f3a06ba..0085a3b 100644 --- a/HISTORY +++ b/HISTORY @@ -1,36 +1,40 @@ $Id$ - This package is heavily based on two other packages: +Fritz Elfert wrote plptools, heavily based on two other packages: - - p3nfsd-5.4 by Rudolf Koenig (rfkoenig@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de) - an nfs daemon for Psion series 3 and 5 - - plp_1_7 by Philip Proudman (phil@proudman51.freeserve.co.uk) + - p3nfsd-5.4 by Rudolf Koenig (rfkoenig@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de) + an nfs daemon for Psion series 3 and 5 + - plp_1_7 by Philip Proudman (phil@proudman51.freeserve.co.uk) - I want to thank both authors for their nice packages and for making - these available under GPL which makes it possible for me to - create this package (which of course is distributed under GPL as well) +He writes: - What i did: + I want to thank both authors for their nice packages and for making + these available under GPL which makes it possible for me to create + this package (which of course is distributed under GPL as well). I modified and improved Philip's code to support more (nearly all?) - rfsv32 commands and to gain speed (approx 4 times) and stability + rfsv32 commands and to gain speed (approx. 4 times) and stability (properly reconnects on lost serial link). + Rudolf's code originally used a homegrown protocol which needs a - separate program running on the Psion. I changed his code to use - the socket-based client-code from Philip's rfsv program thus - eliminating the need for any software beeing run on the Psion. - The rfsv code and some other stuff went into a lib (both shared - and static available). I also removed all Psion-3 related stuff, - because a) i can't test it and b) Sibo support is dropped by - Psion. - - Since version 0.5, there is also starting support for RPC-service - on the Psion. Note the new commands "ps", "kill" and "run" in - plpftp. This support was only possible because of Alexander Thoukydides' - excellent documentation at + separate program running on the Psion. I changed his code to use the + socket-based client-code from Philip's rfsv program thus eliminating + the need for any software beeing run on the Psion. The rfsv code and + some other stuff went into a lib (both shared and static available). + I also removed all Psion 3 related stuff, because a) I can't test it + and b) Psion no longer supported SIBO. + + Support for the RPC mechanism was added in version 0.5. This support + was only possible because of Alexander Thoukydides' excellent + documentation at http://www.btinternet.com/~thouky/software/psifs/plp.html - Thanks a lot for that. Also Psion-3 support is now added by Matt Gumbley - (matt@gumbley.demon.co.uk) + Thanks a lot for that. + + Psion 3 support was added by Matt Gumbley (matt@gumbley.demon.co.uk). + + Have fun. -Fritz -Have fun. - -Fritz +Reuben Thomas has maintained plptools since version 0.13. He fixed +many bugs, updated the KDE utilities to work with KDE 3, but finally +removed them with the approach of KDE 4, enhanced plpftp and replaced +the rather flaky plpnfsd with plpfuse. -- cgit v1.2.3