Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 13:46:39 -0500
From: John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>
To: gopher@complete.org
Subject: [gopher] UMN Gopher 3.0.6 released
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Hello,

I have made the release of Gopher 3.0.6.

The big change with this version is that UMN gopherd has been removed from
the distribution.  This change was made for the following reasons:

1. Many other capable servers exist.  PyGopherd specifically supports
   UMN in an often bug-compatible way, and no development effort has been
   expended on gopherd in quite some time.

2. Security problems continue to be found in the legacy gopherd code, and
   due to the development on more modern servers, nobody has the time to
   make a comprehensive security audit of gopherd.

3. New features are more easily added to other servers, and the gopherd
   codebase thus has languished since other servers have appeared.

UMN Gopher, the Gopher client, continues to be part of the distribution.

The last version of Gopher containing gopherd is preserved on the Gopher
site at http://quux.org/devel/gopher/Downloads/old as well as the Subversion
repository.  Anyone interested in maintaining gopherd may contact me, and I
would be happy to help you fork it.

I am designating PyGopherd as the upgrade path for current users of gopherd.
There are other quality Gopher servers out there; the reason I say this is
because PyGopherd has the most complete support for UMN-style .Links, .cap,
etc. files.  PyGopherd may be obtained from
http://quux.org/devel/gopher/pygopherd.

***
*** All versions of UMN gopherd currently deployed have known security bugs
*** and users are advised to switch to PyGopherd ASAP.
***

Gopher 3.0.6 may be obtained from http://quux.org/devel/gopher.

-- John