Re: Co-maintaining Request For rdiff-backup-fs

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Thank you Eric for accepting me into the team!

I have received invite on my personal github account, my mistake I should h=
ave sent the official github link too.

Please send invite to this account https://github.com/Syed-Shahrukh-OSSRevi=
val

Kind regards,
Syed Shahrukh Hussain


On Fri, Jan 16, 2026 at 08:31:50AM +0100, Eric Lavarde wrote:
> Hi everybody,
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> Syed answered offline and he looks like a genuine person, so welcome him
> warmly to the team, he's an rdiff-backup developer now!
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> @Syed let me and Patrik know if you're missing access rights to manage
> rdiff-backup-fs on your own!
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> KR, Eric
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> On 14/01/2026 08:17, Eric L. wrote:
> > Hi Syed,
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> > 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.
> >=20
> > 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.
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> > 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".
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> > 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.
> >=20
> > KR, Eric
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> > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XZ_Utils_backdoor
> >=20
> > On 06/01/2026 08:23, Syed Shahrukh wrote:
> > > Dear Patrik,
> > >=20
> > > Wishing you a happy new year!
> > >=20
> > > I didn't hear from you, so I thought to touch base with you.
> > >=20
> > > =C2=A0From your last email, I sensed that you have plans for rdiff-ba=
ckup.
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> > > Please share, so I can align with them within my available bandwidth.
> > >=20
> > > I am still interested in co-maintaining rdiff-backup-fs,=C2=A0 so the=
 package
> > > has:
> > > 1. Releases or tags.
> > > 2 Fixes available on the debian side.
> > > 3.New feature development.
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> > > Looking forward to hearing from you.
> > >=20
> > > Kind regards,
> > > Syed Shahrukh Hussain.
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> > >=20
> > >=20
> > >=20
> > >=20
> > > On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 4:34=E2=80=AFPM Patrik Dufresne <info@patrikd=
ufresne.com>
> > > wrote:
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> > > > Hello Syed,
> > > >=20
> > > > Thank you for reaching out, and you are certainly welcome to take o=
ver
> > > > work on the project. rdiff-backup-fs was originally salvaged by Eri=
c as
> > > > part of an effort to centralize everything related to
> > > > rdiff-backup, but it
> > > > hasn=E2=80=99t received much attention since then.
> > > >=20
> > > > Before moving forward, I would appreciate a bit more background
> > > > so we can
> > > > better understand your plans.
> > > >=20
> > > > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 - What level of involvement are you expecting to=
 have in the
> > > > project?
> > > > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 - Will you be focusing only on maintaining the D=
ebian
> > > > packaging, or do
> > > > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 you intend to work on the codebase upstream as w=
ell?
> > > > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 - Do you also plan to contribute to rdiff-backup=
 itself? Any help
> > > > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 there would be greatly appreciated.
> > > >=20
> > > > For context, I=E2=80=99m also developing Rdiffweb and Minarca Data
> > > > Backup, both of
> > > > which rely heavily on rdiff-backup. However, I haven=E2=80=99t had =
as much time
> > > > recently to contribute to the core project as I would like, which i=
s why
> > > > additional maintainers would be very welcome.
> > > >=20
> > > > Looking forward to hearing more about your intentions and how
> > > > you envision
> > > > your role.
> > > >=20
> > > > Could you also share with us some other work you have done ?
> > > >=20
> > > > Best regards,
> > > > On 12/16/25 09:59, Syed Shahrukh wrote:
> > > >=20
> > > > Hi,
> > > >=20
> > > > I am a Debian contributor trying to salvage rdiff-backup-fs on Debi=
an
> > > >=20
> > > > I am reaching for co-maintenance of rdiff-backup-fs upstream for
> > > > long term
> > > > maintenance.
> > > > https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup-fs
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> > > > Present state of the repository is not suitable for future
> > > > debian packaging.
> > > >=20
> > > > Like tags are not imported from the hg repo like in another fork.
> > > > https://github.com/gruszczy/rdiff-backup-fs
> > > >=20
> > > > Your help ensures fixes are forwarded upstream with periodic releas=
es of
> > > > rdiff-backup-fs.
> > > >=20
> > > > There is a new PR from
> > > > downstream:https://github.com/rdiff-backup/
> > > > rdiff-backup-fs/pulls
> > > >=20
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Syed Shahrukh Hussain.
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> > > > OSS Revival
> > > > Empowering open-source, one project at a time.
> > > > *https://ossrevival.org/ <https://ossrevival.org/> <https://
> > > > ossrevival.org/>*
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> > > > Patrik Dufresne
> > > > IKUS Software
> > > > https://www.ikus-soft.com/
> > > > 514-971-6442
> > > > St-Colomban, QC J5K 1T9
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