On Sun, Jun 26, 2005 at 12:34:43PM +0300, Lars Wirzenius wrote:
> First, this sounds like an interesting piece of software, and I'm happy
> to see it packaged.
Thanks.
> su, 2005-06-26 kello 01:51 -0500, Kenneth Pronovici kirjoitti:
> > Package: wnpp
> > Severity: wishlist
> > Owner: "Kenneth J. Pronovici" <pronovic@debian.org>
> >
> > * Package name : cedar-backup2
>
> Why the 2 in package name? It is better to avoid embedded version
> numbers (even the major number) in package names if at all possible.
> (Instead, make the software upwards compatible.)
As I mentioned at the bottom of my ITP, I have been maintaining these
packages in my own repository for quite a while now. There was a
previous release (the v1.0 tree) for which the package was named
cedar-backup. I continue to support the "old" release for security
problems or major bugs because some users didn't want to upgrade. My
private repository offers both packages, but I am only uploading
cedar-backup2 to Debian.
The v2.0 release fully supports v1.0 configuration files, but the
command-line changed slightly, so the new version is not completely
"upwards compatible", as you say.
> > Description : Secure backup to CD-R and CD-RW media
>
> Why "secure"? The long description does not say anything that would
> justify the adjective, so it sounds like advertising, which package
> descriptions shouldn't be. Does the software encrypt the backups, for
> example?
Cedar Backup uses SSH ("Secure rlogin/rsh/rcp replacement") for remote
data transfer. The data ultimately written to disc is not encrypted.
If that is not enough to justify the adjective, I will remove it.
Perhaps you would prefer this?
Description : local and remote backups to CD-R/CD-RW media
It's probably more descriptive anyway.
Thanks,
KEN
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Kenneth J. Pronovici <pronovic@debian.org>
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