SynchronizingData

SynchronizingData

Status

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

UDU Pre-Work

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