Re: xscreensaver package caps gets raw socket

["David A. Wheeler" <dwheeler () dwheeler com>]

> > On Apr 18, 2021, at 8:25 AM, Simon McVittie <smcv () debian org> wrote:
> > Scraping is undesirable, but sometimes needed. If this is a common need, a
> > long-term solution might be to create an option on ping to generate a standard
> > format that’s easier to machine-parse.
>
> On Apr 19, 2021, at 1:35 PM, Ariadne Conill <ariadne () dereferenced org> wrote:
> This already exists as fping(1), for example:

The problem for application developers is that “ping” exists practically everywhere,
while fping does not.

--- David A. Wheeler