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 Hi everyone, 
  
 for a very long time we have the "netcat-openbsd" package. In the 
 past, src:netcat provided a "netcat" binary package, but it was 
 renamed (with a long-standing, now removed, transitional package) to 
 "netcat-traditional". 
  
 For your reference, the package descriptions are: 
  
 Package: netcat-traditional 
 Description-en: TCP/IP swiss army knife 
  A simple Unix utility which reads and writes data across network 
  connections using TCP or UDP protocol. It is designed to be a reliable 
  "back-end" tool that can be used directly or easily driven by other 
  programs and scripts. At the same time it is a feature-rich network 
  debugging and exploration tool, since it can create almost any kind 
  of connection you would need and has several interesting built-in 
  capabilities. 
  . 
  This is the "classic" netcat, written by *Hobbit*. It lacks many 
  features found in netcat-openbsd. 
  
  
 Package: netcat-openbsd 
 Description-en: TCP/IP swiss army knife 
  A simple Unix utility which reads and writes data across network 
 connections 
  using TCP or UDP protocol. It is designed to be a reliable "back-end" tool 
  that can be used directly or easily driven by other programs and scripts. 
 At 
  the same time it is a feature-rich network debugging and exploration tool, 
  since it can create almost any kind of connection you would need and has 
  several interesting built-in capabilities. 
  . 
  This package contains the OpenBSD rewrite of netcat, including support for 
  IPv6, proxies, and Unix sockets. 
  
  
 Yet netcat-traditional is still Priority: standard, and thus the 
 one included in normal installs. 
  
 I would like to see the Priority fields to be switched, so: 
   netcat-openbsd becomes Priority: standard 
   netcat-traditional becomes Priority: optional 
  
 What does everyone think? 
  
 Chris 
  
  
 NB: netcat-traditional currently FTBFS. 
  
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