As you might know, Netcat implementation
is going to be part of OpenSolaris.
The initial Netcat integration is based on a
reimplementation from
OpenBSD (here's why).
As Jeff Bonwick said, open sourced code is nothing compared to the fact that all design discussions and decisions suddenly happen in the public (loosely paraphrased). This is a great wave to ride and I have jumped on it
when it was not really small so I have at least posted the webrev pointer for initial Netcat integration (CR 4664622) to the opensolaris-code mailing list (which is roughly the equivalent of freebsd-hackers, openbsd-tech or similar mailing lists)
to get some code review comments.
Since then couple of things changed. Thanks to
Dan Price and others
it's
now possible
to upload webrevs to cr.opensolaris.org.
I have started using the service so the new and official place for the Netcat webrev is
The webrev has moved location but what I said in the opensolaris-code post still holds
true:
Any constructive notes regarding the code are welcome. (I am mainly
looking for functional/logic errors, packaging flaws or parts of code
which could mismatch the PSARC case)
The following things could help any potential code reviewer:
The conclusion for non code reviewers ? I hope it is clear the in (Open)Solaris land
we value quality and transparency. Peer reviews and architectural reviews are just
(albeit crucial) pieces which help to achieve that goal.