Re: Looking for a sponsor...

[Alexis Sukrieh <sukria@sukria.net>]

* martin f krafft (madduck@debian.org) disait :
> I am not opposed to your package, but have you looked at the other
> ones I quoted? Some of them are equally simple and provide the same
> or even greater functionality.

flexbackup :
	- no debconf use for configuration (really not userfriendly for
	  Debian to me)
	- moreover the conffile is huge and not that easy to understand 

afbackup :
	- a selfmade client / server implementation which requires
	  knowledge and which is less easy than using ftp or ssh
	  accounts.
	  
backup2l :
	- no debconf use for configuration
	- conffile a little bit long

Well, to conclude, I really think taht even if backup-manager is not as
powerful as others, it is definetly the most easy to use one.

. The first point is the 100% debconf use for configuration.

. Second point is that backup-manager uses existing architectures for
transfert : ftp or ssh.

. Third point is that backup-manager provide simple actions and then is
really simple to use.

This is the feedback I had from users. 	
I think that backup-manager is designed for people who :

- want to backup a short list of directories.

- don't want a huge factory for making 3 tarballs.

- want to keep those tarballs on a list of remote hosts.

- use existing ftp or ssh accounts for transfert.

- want a cron mail only if something went wrong.

- don't want to make a new dirty bash script for that.

- want to run the stuff after answering debconf questions without
  editing any files.

I think that this is not provided by existing packages in Debian, and
that's why I sent an ITP.

Tell me if I'm wrong.

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