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| author | Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> | 2018-01-05 04:09:15 +0000 |
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| committer | Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> | 2018-01-05 13:08:04 +0100 |
| commit | 7cace1862425808be41f9648575afc8115509b89 (patch) | |
| tree | 6bd19df9f9465fb04ff436c7aae92db2fa220706 /gnu/packages | |
| parent | 0943ec4f7fa5d2850294a95e2d9d906e1c8d8dbf (diff) | |
gnu: libfilezilla: Expand description.
In theory, this isn't just an FTP client library. In practice, it is.
* gnu/packages/ftp.scm (libfilezilla)[description]: Illustrate features.
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| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/ftp.scm | 16 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/ftp.scm b/gnu/packages/ftp.scm index 04abfef2cf..08c6472975 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/ftp.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/ftp.scm @@ -190,7 +190,21 @@ as required.") (synopsis "Cross-platform C++ library used by Filezilla client") (description "This package provides some basic functionality to build high-performing, -platform-independent programs.") +platform-independent programs. + +Some of the highlights include: +@itemize +@item +A type-safe, multi-threaded event system that's simple to use yet efficient. +@item +Timers for periodic events. +@item +A @code{datetime} class that not only tracks timestamp but also their accuracy, +which simplifies dealing with timestamps originating from different sources. +@item +Simple process handling for spawning child processes with redirected input and +output. +@end itemize\n") (license gpl2+))) (define-public filezilla |