Hi,

Based on the LNET website
[http://lnet.wordpress.com/usage/dependencies-system-requirements/] it seems that LNet is pretty much abandoned software. It still references Lazarus 0.9.24 and FPC 2.2.0 which are both rather old - or maybe the website is just very outdated?

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LNet 0.6+

Lazarus 0.9.24+ and FPC 2.2.0+

Status: Beta

Issues: Completely tested on Windows (WinXP), Linux (Ubuntu 7.10). FastCGI considered broken for now.
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I need to do some TCP/IP communications using SMTP (client), FTP (server and client), HTTP (client) and later NNTP (client, but maybe server in the future). No Lazarus LCL dependencies please.

It seems my best choice for usage with Free Pascal is LNET or Synapse. LNET seems easier to use (nice event style coding), but Synapse seems a lot more active project. The last thing I want to do is invest in another dead product [Kylix comes to mind].

Anybody got info on LNet and Synapse projects, and your opinion on what would be a good/safe choice?

PS:
Yes I know LNET 0.6 doesn't include NNTP support (looking at their website), but I am willing to invest time in implementing it, if LNET is a viable option.

My immediate needs are the SMTP and HTTP client support.

I think Synapse is the safe choice because is a more active project e, sure, have implements all features you want.

Marcos Douglas

Of course lnet is not dead:

http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php?title=lNet&action=history

Op 2011-02-10 16:18, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho het geskryf:

Of course lnet is not dead: http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php?title=lNet&action=history

Well, from the commit log it seems pretty quiet... Or maybe that just means that the code is super stable, and everything needed is implemented. ;-)

Almindor 2011-02-09 * apply fpmake patch from Joost (allows fppkg to ha Almindor 2011-02-03 * add result to url function * synchronize openssl micha 2011-01-15 * revert r2516 due to unanswered concerns (#17773) Almindor 2011-01-10 * applied patch from Krzysztof Dibowski Almindor 2010-09-26 * use URIParser unit to parse URLs (fixes some bugs Almindor 2010-07-11 * don't crash on TLTcp.IterNext if Iterator is null Almindor 2010-07-08 * compilability fix
Almindor 2010-07-08 * default to soft disconnects * fix a few soft-disc Almindor 2010-05-30 * applied patch from Joost
Almindor 2010-05-23 * remove use of deprecated sockets in_addr stuff Almindor 2010-05-18 * apply patch from Joost adding httpd-x-requested-w Almindor 2010-05-15 * add fpmake to lNet so it can be easily added to t Almindor 2010-05-09 * clear projects, use same settings etc. Almindor 2010-05-09 * fix DecomposeURL to work with or without trailing Almindor 2010-05-09 * remove "run with" from project FTP Almindor 2010-05-09 * add missing features unit
Almindor 2010-05-09 * remove dependency on jedi-winunits (fixes winCE c Almindor 2010-05-09 * bump visual version
Almindor 2010-05-09 * bump for upcoming 0.6.4
Almindor 2010-05-08 * fix potential problem with invalid socket being u Almindor 2010-05-08 * add Qt4 lazarus integration
Almindor 2010-02-13 * update changelogs
Almindor 2009-11-17 * refactoring of visual ftp example * make use of O ...