Gentlemen (and Ladies, if any are lurking): I have one (ok, ok, 4) observations regarding the recent converse on the list, which you may take or leave. I will not be drawn into your flame-fest either way:
1. Please be professional. Not only is it considered polite to be considerate to one another, but your future employer(s) may be reading this list; it is archived on several sites. Demeaning someone may make you feel superior for a moment, but can sabotage future job offers, customer relationships, etc. 2. Think twice before you click send. Seriously. (see point #1) 3. Discussions of why hardlinks are a problem aren't useful. They are a design choice for BackupPC, and are so central to that design that to criticize the way BPC uses them should lead you to consider another backup product (or to your nearest Perl language reference so you may contribute code, fork the project, etc). If you come up with something with significant benefits, people will use it. 4. I suggest that this conversation has evolved (devolved?) past the point where it is useful to continue it on the support (-users) list. Perhaps it would be better to take disussions of the inner workings of BPC and feature wishlists to the -devel list instead? [My opinions are mine, not my employers. They are worth what you paid for them.] Cheers, Stephen -- Stephen Joyce In pioneer days they used oxen for heavy pulling, and when one ox couldn't budge a log, they didn't try to grow a larger ox. We shouldn't be trying for bigger computers, but for more systems of computers. --Rear Admiral Grace Hopper What would you rather have to plow a field: two strong oxen or 1,024 chickens? --Seymour Cray ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/