SynchronizingData
Status
Created: 2005-04-25 by JaneW
Priority: LowPriority
People: NeedsLead, NeedsSecond
Contributors: JaneW, MartinPool
Interested: JohnnyMast
Status: BrainDump, UduBof, DistroSpecification, NewSpec
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- Malone Bug:
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UduSessions: 1, 4, 8, etc
Introduction
Synchronizing Data - between laptop and desktop.
One good option could be Unison, which does an excellent job of smart synchronization. (That page links to other projects and has a summary of differences.) It has a GTK1 GUI which is a bit nerd-oriented, and it is written in OCaml. I would love to see it somehow adapted to a more user-friendly interface. -- MartinPool
Another thing that might be a starting ground is Syrep which allows synchronization by swapping binary diff-like files. -- DavidMandelberg
Rationale
Scope and Use Cases
Alice has a laptop and a desktop. She wants to keep /home, various files in /etc, and /srv the same on both computers. -- DavidMandelberg
Bob has a laptop, desktop, and gateway. He wants /home to be the same on the laptop and desktop, and /etc/hosts (and possibly other files) to be copied from the gateway to the laptop and desktop. -- DavidMandelberg
Carol wants to keep /home synchronized among many computers. -- DavidMandelberg
Implementation Plan
Data Preservation and Migration
Packages Affected
User Interface Requirements
Outstanding Issues
UDU BOF Agenda