Roy Keene wrote at about 18:44:13 -0500 on Monday, May 14, 2012: > All, > > BackupPCd has been dead for a few years. Would anyone be willing > to take over development and maintenance of this software ? > > Here's the current source repository: > http://backuppcd.rkeene.org/fossil/timeline > > Thanks, > Roy Keene
I have been an active user and contributor to the BackupPC community for almost 5 years now, including reading the email list religiously and writing a fair amount of code and I must say that this is the first time I have *ever* heard of this BackupPC extension. Even googling, there is very little information on the program other than that it is a portable client for BackupPC which perhaps specifically target Windows. No one seems to have even mentioned BackupPCd since maybe 2008. In fact, the last posts from 2007/2008 all ask about it being dead back then. The current site link seems to consist of little more than code and a change log. So, I am curious: 1. What is the use case for a specialized/proprietary BackupPC client when BackupPC natively supports so many different transfer methods now? Is it more a relic from the times when it was harder to get rsync working on Windows or when the Samba transfer method was less reliable? 2. How many people are actually using this software? I would imagine the numbers must be quite small given that I can't recall a single post about BackupPCd in perhaps 4 years. 3. Is this the best use of BackupPC community resources? My bigger concern is the development status of BackupPC itself. It's been quite a while since Craig has popped on the list and I haven't heard anything about the status and prospects for BackupPC 4.x in a long time. Meanwhile, development and even active bug fix releases have stopped for 3.x. So, if there are spare developer resources, we might want to think first about the core BackupPC tree. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ 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/
