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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] gnu: Add hdup.
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Eric Bavier <ericbavier@gmail.com> skribis:

> From 3a0fe0fa0674f48cb996d80f97dc54815405a9d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Eric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>
> 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.