Hi On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 09:53:12AM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: > On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 03:49:45PM +0100, Reto Schuettel wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 09:25:15AM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > > > bontmia creates incremental snapshots of a list of given directories > > > > over the network by using rsync over ssh and hard links. Every snapshot > > > > looks for the user like a complete copy of all the files, but as a > > > > result > > > > of using hard links every unchanged copy of a file is stored only once > > > > on > > > > the hard disk. > > > > > > What advantages does this package have over, say, dirvish or backuppc? > > > > I never used dirvish nor backuppc, so I can't really say what the > > difference are. But it seems like bontmia is simpler than both > > (especially backuppc). > > Simpler in terms of features available, or simpler in terms of configuration > for the same level of features?
Fewer features, shorter script and easier configuration... but it isn't a big difference. > > I can't really say if that's a reason for creating a new package, I > > personally would like it, because it's already running on several of my > > machines, but beside of that, it wouldn't be a big problem for me to close > > my ITP. > > > > What do you think? > > It's a tricky one. I'm a firm believer in not duplicating effort, and with > the existence of at least two other packages which appear to do a similar > job, I'm just worried that we'll end up with a lot of packages doing the > same thing, which does nothing except dissipate effort and fragment the user > base of all of the alternatives. However, at the end of the day, you're the > one expending the effort, so if you think it's worthwhile, I've got no > reason to stop you. I made a mistake, I asked the author, created a package and AFTER that I filed an ITP. So, my effort isn't the problem anymore. Splitting up the user base is one... Hmm... I'll try to find a sponsor, with a pointer to this discussion here. The sponsor should decide if it's worth to upload the package. Do you agree with this procedure? Regards, Reto Schüttel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
