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Re: Cavalry



On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 05:03:19PM +0200, Misha Strong wrote:
> I've just written my own program, and I'd like it added to your distro.
I've already filed two ITPs: #637761, #639366. That means that you are
going to make a Debian package for this software. If that is true, did you
make the package?

> Cavalry: synchronize documents with an FTP server.
> 
> [Input] This program takes the name of a folder on your system, and
> recursively scans all OpenOffice and MS-Word documents within it. It
> also includes any ASCII-text files available.
> 
> [Processing] Then the daemon checks file access times, and also looks
> for changes to their data. As necessary, they are copied to the server:
> 
> [Output] The IP address or DNS of an existing FTP server is read from
> the config file. In an efficient and reliable manner, all data are
> transferred to same. Finally, the entire process is repeated with your
> remote server as [Input], and your own hard drive as [Output] --
> basically in reverse.
I'm not going to comment on usability or usefulness of the software, but
both these things are questionable.
Also, the software has no homepage, no source and no description outside
the ITPs and this email.

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WBR, wRAR

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