Hi Jan, I have talked to Aamir from ownCloud already, and Mark from the Ubuntu UK podcast [1] also suggested a collaboration. So the project (and it's very nice UI) is on my radar.
As I understand it, Syncany could upload/download files through ownCloud's WebDAV interface -- so in theory, it could store files on ownCloud. However, since Syncany breaks files into chunks and encrypts them before uploading, they are not of much use for ownCloud. The web interface would just see lots of encrypted chunk-xyz-files -- not nice for users. For ownCloud to support Syncany, it would have to be able to read Syncany's repository format, i.e. it would need to decrypt the update-***-files to show a list of the files, and decrypt & assemble the chunks to download them (via the web interface). At least that is the only way I see (at this late out :-)). Do you have any other ideas? Cheers, Philipp [1] http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/ On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Jan-Christoph <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Philipp and Syncany people, > > I’m a contributor of ownCloud – http://owncloud.org – simply put a free & > open-source alternative to Dropbox & MobileMe. I was happy to see what you > do with flexible choice of storage providers as I already enjoy > SparkleShare. > > So I saw you support WebDAV in provider choice. Since ownCloud uses WebDAV > for desktop access, would it be possible / acceptable for you to include > ownCloud directly in the list, similar to Amazon, Rackspace etc.? > > We would be happy to include Syncany as a third-party desktop client > directly on the coming website at http://owncloud.org > > By the way, if you’d like to test-drive ownCloud, feel free to do so on my > development server at http://libreprojects.net/owncloud – username: user, > password: password > > Please let me know what you think. > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~syncany-team > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~syncany-team > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~syncany-team Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~syncany-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
