From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] gnu: Add hdup. Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 17:53:36 +0200 Message-ID: <87fvjr6z5r.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87k394p8oj.fsf@member.fsf.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48972) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WqP7o-0005vT-4V for Guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 May 2014 11:53:48 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WqP7j-0003ls-9T for Guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 May 2014 11:53:44 -0400 Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([2a01:474::1]:49679) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WqP7j-0003lb-3J for Guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 May 2014 11:53:39 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87k394p8oj.fsf@member.fsf.org> (Eric Bavier's message of "Thu, 29 May 2014 16:38:20 -0500") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Eric Bavier Cc: Guix-devel@gnu.org Eric Bavier skribis: > From 3a0fe0fa0674f48cb996d80f97dc54815405a9d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Eric Bavier > Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 16:35:12 -0500 > Subject: [PATCH 1/4] gnu: Add hdup. > > * gnu/packages/backup.scm (hdup): New variable. Minor issues: > + (method url-fetch) > + ;; Source tarballs are not versioned > + (uri "http://archive.miek.nl/projects/hdup2/hdup.tar.bz2") Bonus points if you get the maintainer(s) to use versioned tarballs. :-) > + (synopsis "The little, spiffy, backup tool") A bit marketingish and not very descriptive IMO; how about =E2=80=9CSimple incremental backup tool=E2=80=9D? > + (description > + "Hdup2 is a backup utilty, it's aim is to make backup really simple= . The =E2=80=9Cits=E2=80=9D > +backup scheduling is done by means of a cronjob. It supports an =E2=80=9Ccron job=E2=80=9D OK to push with these changes. Thanks! Ludo=E2=80=99.