1999-12-02 02:42:23 -05:00
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Hey Emacs, this is -*- outline -*- mode
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This is the todo list for Wget. I don't have any time-table of when I
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plan to implement these features; this is just a list of things I'd
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like to see in Wget. I'll work on some of them myself, and I will
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accept patches in their direction. The items are not listed in any
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particular order. Not all of them are user-visible changes.
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* Make `-k' convert <base href=...> too.
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* Add option to clobber existing file names (no `.N' suffixes).
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* Introduce a concept of "boolean" options. For instance, every
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boolean option `--foo' would have a `--no-foo' equivalent for
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turning it off. Get rid of `--foo=no' stuff. Short options would
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be handled as `-x' vs. `-nx'.
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* Implement "thermometer" display (not all that hard; use an
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alternative show_progress() if the output goes to a terminal.)
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* Add option to only list wildcard matches without doing the download.
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* Add case-insensitivity as an option.
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* Handle MIME types correctly. There should be an option to (not)
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retrieve files based on MIME types, e.g. `--accept-types=image/*'.
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* Implement "persistent" retrieving. In "persistent" mode Wget should
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treat most of the errors as transient.
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* Allow time-stamping by arbitrary date.
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* Fix Unix directory parser to allow for spaces in file names.
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* Allow size limit to files.
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* -k should convert convert relative references to absolute if not
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downloaded.
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* Recognize HTML comments correctly. Add more options for handling
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bogus HTML found all over the 'net.
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* Implement breadth-first retrieval.
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* Download to .in* when mirroring.
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* Add an option to delete or move no-longer-existent files when
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mirroring.
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* Implement a switch to avoid downloading multiple files (e.g. x and
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x.gz).
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* Implement uploading (--upload URL?) in FTP and HTTP.
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* Rewrite FTP code to allow for easy addition of new commands. It
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should probably be coded as a simple DFA engine.
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* Recognize more FTP servers (VMS).
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* Make HTTP timestamping use If-Modified-Since facility.
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* Implement better spider options.
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* Add more protocols (e.g. gopher and news), implementing them in a
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modular fashion.
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* Implement a concept of "packages" a la mirror.
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* Implement correct RFC1808 URL parsing.
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* Implement HTTP cookies.
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* Implement more HTTP/1.1 bells and whistles (ETag, Content-MD5 etc.)
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2000-02-29 14:24:17 -05:00
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* Support SSL encryption through SSLeay or OpenSSL.
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