Re: Large file (>2GB) support in librsync

On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 10:59:15PM +1000, Donovan Baarda wrote:
> I saw rdiff-backup in the orphaned packages on Debian Weekly News, and am
> glad you've picked it up.

	Actually, I've been the one who's adopted librsync, mostly
because we've been doing work with it.  See WvSync [1].

> We should probably do a release of librsync with the fixes, but I dunno when
> I'll get time to do this. If you want to help, I can add you to the SF
> developers and you can do the release yourself... I can help if you have any
> questions.

	If Alec wants to do this work, that will be great.  My time to
do Debian work is slightly low right now, although it should free up
come September.

> Note that the SF CVS has a "debian" directory in there. This directory is
> not included in the "release" tarballs. the debian directory is supposed to
> match what the debian source has, but it might be out of date. You are
> welcome to use the SF CVS for your debian work if you want to.

	I typically prefer to keep the debian/ directory local, but if
you want, I will be happy to keep your CVS debian/ directory one version
ahead and up-to-date, so that your users can build Debian packages
easily.

Simon

[1] http://open.nit.ca/wiki/index.php?page=WvSync


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