Bug#294990: ITP: bontmia -- backup over network to multiple incremental archives

[Reto Schuettel <reto@schuettel.ch>]

Hi Matthew

On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 10:40:36AM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 10:49:44PM +0100, Reto Schuettel wrote:
> > I made a mistake, I asked the author, created a package and AFTER that I
> > filed an ITP.
> 
> Oooh.  Did you check wnpp before you started, in case someone else was
> working on the package?

Of course :). But I didn't expect a 'hey, we already have that'-problem :). 
Next time...
 
> > Hmm... I'll try to find a sponsor, with a pointer to this discussion
> > here. The sponsor should decide if it's worth to upload the package. Do
> > you agree with this procedure?
> 
> I think that's a good idea.  A potential sponsor will hopefully look
> at bontmia with reference to the other alternatives available, and
> make a judgment call on whether it's sufficiently different.

Okay!

Thanks for your advices!

Regards
Reto Schüttel