Thank you Eric for accepting me into the team! I have received invite on my personal github account, my mistake I should have sent the official github link too.
Please send invite to this account https://github.com/Syed-Shahrukh-OSSRevival Kind regards, Syed Shahrukh Hussain On Fri, Jan 16, 2026 at 08:31:50AM +0100, Eric Lavarde wrote: > Hi everybody, > > Syed answered offline and he looks like a genuine person, so welcome him > warmly to the team, he's an rdiff-backup developer now! > > @Syed let me and Patrik know if you're missing access rights to manage > rdiff-backup-fs on your own! > > KR, Eric > > On 14/01/2026 08:17, Eric L. wrote: > > Hi Syed, > > > > sorry for the long time to answer, my holiday season was a bit crazy > > (long travel, Smartphone broken...). Have a happy new year, y'all, BTW. > > > > First, let me state that we'd be happy to have you as co-maintainer for > > rdiff-backup-fs, which is indeed currently unmaintained, to the > > difference of rdiff-backup. > > > > At the same time, the XZ case [1] has shown us that we need to be > > careful, so don't take it personally (I don't know you, so it can't be > > personal) but I'd like to make sure you're "real". > > > > I've checked OSS Revival and will check your Pull Requests, but it would > > be great if you could show some prior art and "sign of life". It's a > > thin line, I also don't want to go into your personal life, but I owe it > > to our users to be cautious. Feel free to contact me offline if you > > don't want to go public with whichever information you provide. > > > > KR, Eric > > > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XZ_Utils_backdoor > > > > On 06/01/2026 08:23, Syed Shahrukh wrote: > > > Dear Patrik, > > > > > > Wishing you a happy new year! > > > > > > I didn't hear from you, so I thought to touch base with you. > > > > > > From your last email, I sensed that you have plans for rdiff-backup. > > > > > > Please share, so I can align with them within my available bandwidth. > > > > > > I am still interested in co-maintaining rdiff-backup-fs, so the package > > > has: > > > 1. Releases or tags. > > > 2 Fixes available on the debian side. > > > 3.New feature development. > > > > > > Looking forward to hearing from you. > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > Syed Shahrukh Hussain. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM Patrik Dufresne <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hello Syed, > > > > > > > > Thank you for reaching out, and you are certainly welcome to take over > > > > work on the project. rdiff-backup-fs was originally salvaged by Eric as > > > > part of an effort to centralize everything related to > > > > rdiff-backup, but it > > > > hasn’t received much attention since then. > > > > > > > > Before moving forward, I would appreciate a bit more background > > > > so we can > > > > better understand your plans. > > > > > > > > - What level of involvement are you expecting to have in the > > > > project? > > > > - Will you be focusing only on maintaining the Debian > > > > packaging, or do > > > > you intend to work on the codebase upstream as well? > > > > - Do you also plan to contribute to rdiff-backup itself? Any help > > > > there would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > For context, I’m also developing Rdiffweb and Minarca Data > > > > Backup, both of > > > > which rely heavily on rdiff-backup. However, I haven’t had as much time > > > > recently to contribute to the core project as I would like, which is why > > > > additional maintainers would be very welcome. > > > > > > > > Looking forward to hearing more about your intentions and how > > > > you envision > > > > your role. > > > > > > > > Could you also share with us some other work you have done ? > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > On 12/16/25 09:59, Syed Shahrukh wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I am a Debian contributor trying to salvage rdiff-backup-fs on Debian > > > > > > > > I am reaching for co-maintenance of rdiff-backup-fs upstream for > > > > long term > > > > maintenance. > > > > https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup-fs > > > > > > > > Present state of the repository is not suitable for future > > > > debian packaging. > > > > > > > > Like tags are not imported from the hg repo like in another fork. > > > > https://github.com/gruszczy/rdiff-backup-fs > > > > > > > > Your help ensures fixes are forwarded upstream with periodic releases of > > > > rdiff-backup-fs. > > > > > > > > There is a new PR from > > > > downstream:https://github.com/rdiff-backup/ > > > > rdiff-backup-fs/pulls > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Syed Shahrukh Hussain. > > > > -- > > > > OSS Revival > > > > Empowering open-source, one project at a time. > > > > *https://ossrevival.org/ <https://ossrevival.org/> <https:// > > > > ossrevival.org/>* > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Patrik Dufresne > > > > IKUS Software > > > > https://www.ikus-soft.com/ > > > > 514-971-6442 > > > > St-Colomban, QC J5K 1T9 > > > > > > > > > >
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