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Re: NNCP for android?

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On 2022-02-27, <me@example.invalid> <me@example.invalid> wrote:
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> Anyway, I'm wondering if there are any plans anywhere to port NNCP over
> to the Android phone? Seems like it could be a nice tool for syncing
> data from your desktop. Kind of like physical media, sync up at a
> friends and go home to upload to computer.

Not directly, no.  Sergey isn't interested and nobody else has stepped up,
either.

However, I have run it inside Termux and it runs fantastically there.   You
might have some good luck with that approach.

> I'm really looking forward to the day when someone hacks a package
> manager, archlinux or freebsd or whatever to use NNCP for retrieving
> packages. I could totally see FreeBSD ports using it.

That is already done with Debian!  apt-offline has just this sort of interface,
and in traditional Unix fashion can be combined nicely with NNCP.

> I wish NNCP the best of luck, and plan on learning more about it in the
> next week or so. It's probably the coolest thing I've seen over the
> past 2 years!  But I'm a little jealous. LOL!

I am not a Golang coder, but I am quite active in the NNCP community.  I am
sadly less active on Usenet.  You are welcome to drop me an email anytime, or to
the NNCP mailing list or matrix channel.  My NNCP info resides at
https://www.complete.org/nncp/

- John

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