Hello Lloyd, * I see no source package. You really need one. Since you don't need to compile anything, just specifying where files have to be copied in the debian/install file should be sufficient. Perhaps search for artwork packages to find examples.
Johan On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Lloyd Standish <ll...@crnatural.net> wrote: > Hello DD's: > > My name is Lloyd Standish. I am the author and upstream maintainer of > snap2, a fast, easy-to-use rsync-based backup program with GUI. It is > considered "tested/stable" after several months of testing. I first > released it publicly in 2009, but I used a previous version of the script > (no GUI) for years. Snap2 is licensed under GNU GPL version 3. The Debian > package is Lintian-clean. > > You may already be thinking, "There are already lots of backup programs in > Debian." True, but I believe none of them makes hard-linked snapshot-type > backups easily available for less-technical Debian user, yet with > flexibility and power to please even the most advanced users. > > The snap2 package consists of 3 bash shell scripts, with the GUI implemented > via gtkdialog. There is a non-interactive bash shell script (snap2engine) > and an interactive GUI (snap2) for configuring and optionally running the > backup. Since this program is normally configured and run via the snap2 GUI, > no manual editing of configuration files or running from the command line is > needed (unless it is used in a non-graphical environment, which is > possible). > > snap2's principal feature is rotating 'snapshot' backups to either local or > remote hard disk backup media. (It can also do 'mirror' type - single copy > - backups.) A snapshot backup is a full backup of your files as they were > at a given moment in time. With snapshot backups you can recover any of > several past versions of files. > > When using the snapshot backup method, snap2/rsync uses hard links to > duplicate identical files on the backup drive. This greatly reduces the > disk space required on the backup drive, allowing (in most cases) several > gigs of backup 'snapshots' to fit on a one-gig USB flash drive. These > snapshot backups function just like full backups - no special software > needed. You can access them with any file manager, and use cool file > comparison tools to explore the differences between files. > > As I'm sure most of you know, when backing up a file that was modified since > the last backup, the rsync backend only needs to transmit the changed > *portions* of the file in order to create the new backup file. This saves > bandwidth, particularly important for backup to a remote host (via > Internet). > > In sum, snap2 combines the convenience of full backups with the speed and > backup storage economy of incremental backups. > > The idea of using hard links and rsync to create fast, space-saving snapshot > backups is not a new one, but snap2 is unique (I believe) because of the > GUI, which is used for (1) configuring backups, (2) running them on demand, > and (3) setting up 'Automatic Backups' (via cron). It and its dependencies > are also very lightweight. > > I'd like to get this into Debian because I believe it would be very useful > to many, and because I would like to give back to the Debian community. I > am fully capable of maintaining it, as I have done since I introduced it > last year. Of course, I hope to eventually become a Debian Developer > myself. > > snap2 is already accepted into the latest Puppy Linux (Quirky) and has been > praised by Puppy users. > > Some links: > My snap2 project page on the Puppy forum: > http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=374387#374387 > The project website: http://www.linuxbackups.org > download: http://files.lstandish.com/utilities > > PS I had to change file locations as part of the Debianization. I hope this > did not break something (I have run several tests and all looks OK.) > > -- > Lloyd > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/op.vd4jwelzx1l...@localhost > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktikjmh2idrblnir7jfr3bj3maycmkxydyzgvm...@mail.gmail.com