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lelutin

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  1. comment
    Comment #8622090

    do you mean something that would automatically update the backup when a file is changed on disk? bup currently doesn't do that. but there's been some talk of using inotify or anoth…

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    Comment #8621528

    backuppc is a mature technology and can very well be trusted for collecting backups. there are some areas in which bup is trying to innovate in order to change how backups are cons…

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    Comment #8621514

    true. and actually bup can't use git's tooling directly because of the different use cases it's optimized for. git won't make any use of bup's optimizations: midx (combination of m…

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    Comment #8621472

    some ppl have already started working on this and there's been activity on the mailing list lately about this topic. however it's a dangerous feature to add in (backup tools should…

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    Comment #8621439

    as is the case with most 100% volunteer-based free software: lack of time and/or ppl to help. There are currently multiple interfaces available to bup, but each one has some quirks…

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    Comment #8621415

    currently bup doesn't implement encryption (since it's a pretty hard feature to get right and we do want to finish coding other key features -- like old backup removal -- before we…