Re: Re: Mobile devices synchronization repository

Michal Hrusecky <[email protected]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:18:08 +0200
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Michal Hrusecky - 12:28 22.06.09 wrote:
> Christopher Stender - 17:01 19.06.09 wrote:
> > We should definitely use another repository because network:synchroniza=
tion is=20
> > IMHO for stuff like rsync or csync and has nothing todo with Mobile/PIM=
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> > synchronization. What about "Synchronization" as a new toplevel project=
?=20
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> Well, things like rsync already has subproject
> network:synchronization:files and they are using it for some time
> already I guess, so moving them somewhere else is out of
> question. We can create another synchronization repository, but toplevel
> synchronization directory will be confusing for users searching for
> rsync and such. I agree, that network:synchronization isn't the best
> name for this kind of project, although for example opensync can be used
> to synchronize network stuff as well (Gmail, LDAP, ...) and pilot-link
> can be used to synchronize your PDA over network too... I would vote for
> mobile:synchronization too as suggested as it possibly can contain in
> future other mobile stuff as well - for example ringtone editors, mobile
> java, maybe even openSUSE Mobile Edition (I guess it would be nice
> top-level repository for things like Maemo or Moblin, but they already
> has their own top-level repositories)
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> darix: Do you think that mobile:synchronization would be too much
> polluting the namespace?

I spoked with my co-worker and there already some packages which would
fit nicely into mobile but wouldn't fit into network:synchronization.
For example wammu, gammu which are currently in hardware project or
palm-db-tools. Maybe to avoid polution
hardware:mobile:{synchronization,utils} doesn't sound bad either...

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Michal Hrusecky

Package Maintainer
SUSE LINUX, s.r.o
e-mail: [email protected]

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