Dear Raymond,
Just to let you know that, we are now also reviewing your suggestions, I cannot guarantee if they will make it to the next release, but we will do our best. Thank you for your time.
Dear XXX,
thanks for your reply. Please also update (newer stable versions are available):
-iptables (installed version 1.4.2 from 13th Oct 2008) newer version has a lot of IPv6 fixes
-busybox (current stable version from 21th December 2010)
-e2fsck (recommended by the developer:
http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/)
-ntfs-3g
-rtorrent (installed version from 8th May 2008)
-perl
-lighttpd (installed version 1.4.21 from 16th February 2009)
-curl (installed version 7.18.2 from 5th June 2008)
-zlib (installed version 1.2.3 from 18th July 2005)
-SmbFTPD (installed version from 24th May 2008)
-rsync (installed version 3.0.4 from 6th September 2008)
-upsd (installed version 2.2.2 from 7th May 2008)
-vorbis-tools
-parted (installed version 1.9.0 from 23th July 2009)
-netatalk (installed version 2.0.1 from 27th October 2004)
-OpenSSH (very important!)
I hope that the Synology team have enough time to update all or some applications above for the next DSM release.