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Bug#1029575: RFP: woof -- share files through HTTP protocol

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  Bug#1029575: RFP: woof -- share files through HTTP protocol Vilius Panevėžys <vilius@elitnet.lt> - 2023-01-24 19:40 +0100

#1134698 — Bug#1029575: RFP: woof -- share files through HTTP protocol

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : woof
  Version         : 20220202
  Upstream Author : Simon Budig <simon@budig.de>
* URL             : http://www.home.unix-ag.org/simon/woof.html
* License         : GPL 2 or later
  Programming Lang: Python
  Description     : share files through HTTP protocol

Woof used to be part of Debian, but was removed as part of Python 3
migration [1]. However, it has since been migrated to Python 3 upstream,
so the removal reason no longer applies.

The best alternative I've found available in Debian is filetea, but it
does not seem to be actively maintained upstream. filetea is more
featureful, but also "heavier" (needs a service, both parties have to
use the web interface). So I prefer the simple and efficient Woof for my
use cases and would like to see it reintroduced to Debian archive.

I'm including the description of Woof package as previously used in
Debian below as prompted by the RFP bug template.

*	*	*

Woof (Web Offer One File) is a tool to copy files among hosts. It can
serve a specified file on HTTP, just for a given number of times, and
then exits.

It can be easily used to share files across the computers on a net,
enough the other ends have just a browser (that means you can share
things between different operating systems or different devices, even
phones).


[1] https://tracker.debian.org/news/1086863/woof-removed-from-testing/

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