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Re: RFS: fex (2nd attempt)



Am 2008-11-04 17:39:58, schrieb Neil Williams:
> What is the point of the package? There are lots of ways of transferring
> files, including very large files. (I'm sure I don't have to list them.)
> 
> >  The sender uploads the file to the F*EX-server and the recipient
> >  automatically gets a notification e-mail with a download-URL.
> 
> ? sounds long-winded compared to <a href="> or a torrent.

Already tried to transfer a BlueRay image of 50 GByte  or  a  PostgreSQL
dump of 500 MByte.  Even "wget" and "curl" with LFS failed  to  transfer
the BlueRay image...  I had to build my own Perl-Based transfer util.

Torrent works only on multiple server reliable.  If you try to  transfer
a 50 GByte image it fails

> >  Main features of F*EX:
> >  .
> >   * file transfer of virtually unlimited file size
> >   * sender and recipient only need an e-mail program and a web browser
> >     (of any kind; they do not have to install any software)

The question is, Ho do the users get the Big files with a web browser?
Here my local apache2 (Etch) fails if I try to download the image...

(Quad Xeon with 16 GByte of memory and SCSI drives)

> >   * auto-deletion after download
> >   * auto-deletion after expiration date (default: 5 days)
> 
> so is this some paste.net for data files?

It seems...

> > I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me.
> I can't see any point, myself. Sounds like another package that no-one
> needs in Debian, except the maintainer.

Hmmm, a Paste-bin-Site in Debian as package would be nice...  of  course
with a reliable send-file tool including support for  queueing,  multipe
recipient server...

Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening
    Michelle Konzack
    Systemadministrator
    24V Electronic Engineer
    Tamay Dogan Network
    Debian GNU/Linux Consultant


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