On Wed, 2021-01-06 at 14:59 +0100, Raoul Bhatia wrote: > Hi Sorin, Jeff, et al. > > I am the one who contributed > https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki/Build-Your-Own-Packages > and I am mostly lurking on the mailing list with a few posts here and > there. > > Disclaimer: My work was build on top of Benjamin Renard and already > received contributions from i.e. Richard Hansen and a Github user named > "wwuck".
Cheers, nice to meet you! > FYI: I am packaging as time permits (job, family) and on the > architectures used by myself or explicitly requested. Thus, there might > not be an up-to-date package that fits your environment. > However, I am definitely *very* happy to accept pull requests and/or > other contributions. > > Additionally, others started to build off of my work, i.e. > https://launchpad.net/~rhansen/+archive/ubuntu/backuppc (though it seems > it hasn't been updated to 4.4 yet?). > > > Having said that, there is also an effort underway to officially package > BackupPC 4.4 for Debian. > It was recently submitted and is already available on testing. > You can find details here https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/backuppc > (Though I did not yet check the current status/differences) > > Eventually, my plan would be to switch to the official Debian packages > (that will also end up in Ubuntu somewhen) and continue my contribution > there. > > I would be hopeful that my package would fit your needs. > Feel free to get back to me with any questions and/or suggestions. I think the debian packages were the ones I stumbled upon and now have my eyes on. :-) Depending on when they filter through to Ubuntu, I might or not roll my own. It also depends on family, job and time generally for me too. The Kifarunix's guide seemed pretty complete otherwise. -- Kind regards, Sorin Srbu Find my OpenPGP public key here: https://cloud.srbu.se/index.php/s/KeEsCCDsG7PZG7N
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