Bug#620824: RFP: xtrabackup -- hot backup utility for MySQL that doesn't lock your database

[Laurent Bigonville <bigon@debian.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : xtrabackup
  Version         : 1.5
  Upstream Author : (c) 2009 Percona Inc.
* URL             : http://www.percona.com/software/percona-xtrabackup/
* License         : GPLv2
  Programming Lang: C
  Description     : hot backup utility for MySQL that doesn't lock your database
  Percona XtraBackup is an open-source hot backup utility for MySQL
  that doesn't lock your database during the backup. It can back up data
  from InnoDB, XtraDB, and MyISAM tables on MySQL 5.0 and 5.1 servers,
  and it has many advanced features.

Upstream already provides .deb, see http://www.percona.com/docs/wiki/repositories:apt

Cheers

Laurent Bigonville