Re: [Bug-wget] GSOC Project Proposal

[Giuseppe Scrivano]

Siddhartha Sahai <address@hidden> writes:

> I am a student interested in working with GNU wget this summer for #gsoc. I
> was browsing various options and one feature that excited me was adding
> IMAP/POP3 support to wget. This feature would enable users to schedule
> downloading of their emails. I would like to know your opinion, is this a
> good fit for wget? Would it match a usecase and would wget benefit from
> this feature.?

I would personally avoid to add other protocols (such as IMAP/POP3) to
wget and maintain only HTTP/HTTPS/FTP.  I am afraid that not many people
will use it, as there are already other cli tools to deal with these
protocols, and we will end up with maintaining more code.

In any case, if you have a clear idea on how to proceed with this
project, I suggest anyway to send a proposal.

Cheers,
Giuseppe