Paul Mantz wrote at about 12:37:31 -0800 on Monday, December 8, 2008: > > This brings to mind the naive question I have been trying to answer -- > > > > - Is there any active development work going on for BackupPC? > > Hi! I'm actively monitoring patches and making sure that the Zmanda > release is up to date with the latest patches. > > > - Is there even a roadmap or agreed upon wishlist for future > > development? > > Please see http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/roadMap.html . FTP has > since been supported in the Zmanda edition of BackupPC, and we are > planning on integrating much of our code back into the Sourceforge > version.
Yes... but the page looks like it hasn't been updated in more than FOUR YEARS which would suggest that development isn't all too rapidly paced ;) > > > - Are bug fixes being patched back into the tree? > > Craig probably is taking note of all relevant changes and saving them > for a later release. > > > > > The reason I ask is that this list has been very quiet and a quick > > search through the SCM repository shows the last change was made 11 months > > ago (to the french language file) -- and the last general purpose change > > was exactly a year ago tomorrow. > > For the most part, Craig has been the sole developer for BackupPC for > its history, and he only uses the CVS repository to upload new > versions. Active development on BackupPC does not happen on the CVS > server, and I use a private git repository for my work. > Well, I'm a newcomer and I don't want to stir the pot too much... but in general it seems like the most robust and creative open source projects are not reliant on a single developer no matter how talented. I'm sure that Craig has limited time and also that his interests may not point in all the directions that his users are interested in. Is there any reason that given the importance of backups that this project hasn't evolved to recruit more development horsepower and variety (with Craig of course as the head & lead). Again, I'm not trying to criticize and I hope I'm not hitting any raw nerves here... > > Adios, > > -- > Paul Mantz > http://www.mcpantz.org > BackupPC - Network Backup with De-Duplication http://www.backuppc.com > Zmanda - Open source backup and recovery http://www.zmanda.com/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. > The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help > pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-devel mailing list > BackupPC-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-devel > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-devel mailing list BackupPC-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-devel Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
