On Wed 03/03/2021 15:23, Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2021/03/03 15:23, Bjorn Ketelaars wrote: > > I would like to import bupstash, which is a tool (written in rust) for > > encrypted backups. Features are somewhat comparable to those of > > sysutils/borgbackup and sysutils/restic. Interesting is that it feels > > considerably faster than borgbackup, and the list of run dependencies is > > short (1). Enclosed tarball supersedes the version I've sent earlier > > [0]. > > The rundeps are short because they are bundled of course ;) > I don't know if it's better to use this src+deps bundle tar.gz, or if > it might be better to use the smaller git archive and normal MODCARGO > infrastructure, CC'ing semarie, what do you think?
I agree with semarie@'s comment: "but it is more work to use MODCARGO instead of just using src+deps...". With this in mind I prefer to use src+deps, which makes maintaining this port easier. > > bupstash is a tool for storing (and retrieving) files and data in an > > encrypted > > bupstash-repostory(7). > > typo, should be bupstash-repository(7) Corrected, see diff below. > Upstream still has this warning > > Bupstash is alpha software, while all efforts are made to keep bupstash > bug free, we currently recommend using bupstash for making REDUNDANT > backups where failure can be tolerated. > > Should it go in DESCR somewhere? (It is quite conspicuous on upstream's > website now, but if they later remove the warning in a future version, > it might not be easy for somebody using 0.7.0 on 6.9-release in some > months/years time to find). You are right about the warning, it should be added to DESCR. See diff below. OK? diff --git pkg/DESCR pkg/DESCR index e01d192642e..510e05c2210 100644 --- pkg/DESCR +++ pkg/DESCR @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ bupstash is a tool for storing (and retrieving) files and data in an encrypted -bupstash-repostory(7). +bupstash-repository(7). Some notable features of bupstash include: @@ -13,3 +13,7 @@ Some notable features of bupstash include: - A multi layered approach to security. - The bupstash tool itself is divided into subcommands that each have their own documentation. + +bupstash is alpha software, while all efforts are made to keep bupstash bug +free, we currently recommend using bupstash for making REDUNDANT backups where +failure can be tolerated.
