Thanks for the helpful history... Roy Keene wrote at about 11:38:17 -0500 on Wednesday, May 16, 2012: > Jeffrey, > > See comments below. > > Thanks, > Roy Keene > > On Wed, 16 May 2012, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: > > > 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. > > > > BackupPCd development indeed took place more than 5 years ago, in > 2005/2006. > > The link I posted is to the code. The current site remains unchanged for > now at: > http://www.rkeene.org/oss/backuppcd/ > > > 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? > > The intention was to provide a more streamlined client experience than > rsync can provide on Windows (such as not needing to modify rsync.conf for > additional drive letters). In addition it was planned to implement > Windows-specific functionality such as VSS, NT ACLs, and more. > > > > > 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. > > I have no estimate on how many people are using it. I get very little > email about it. Most of the email I get regarding it is asking if it's > still alive. My guess is there are fewer than 10 deployments, and more > likely closer to 0. > > I am willing to let the project remain in its current unmaintained state > forever but I wanted to give anyone with an interest an opportunity to > come forward and take over the project including all the version control > history (which was previously in an internal Subversion repository) as > well as updated links as appropriate. > > > > > 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. > > For me, at the time (2005/2006) BackupPC would have been useless without > BackupPCd. This is the reason my company approved paying for its original > development. It fit a need we had and thus was developed to a usable > state. I left the company before completing development to the point > where it may considered generally useful, but it was being used for all > workstation backups. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > 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. 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