Re: [gentoo-dev] What category does a backup program go in?

[Sami Samhuri]

* It was Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 10:23:45PM -0400 when Brett I. Holcomb said:
> That's a bunch! I only knew about Amanda and Mondo-Rescue! It would be
> reasonable to have a backup category.  Can I make one on my
> box and have portage use it or is there more to it than that.  Does a bug
> or some other request need to be filed to get a backup category?
 
I'm not sure that a dozen or so packages warrant a new category.
Especially when (at least) the app-cdr ones should stay where they are
regardless of the existence of a backup category or not. Just my 2
cents.

Sam

>  On Fri,
> 18 Jun 2004, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 07:38:43PM -0400, Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
> > > I've notice backup programs like Mondo-Rescue and Amanda are in sys-admin
> > > or app-admin.  What is the proper place for a backup program ebuild.  I'm
> > > thinking about doing one for mkcdrec.
> > Perhaps it is time for a seperate backup category?
> >
> > Rough list (and probably incomplete) of backup apps I'm aware of:
> > app-admin/amanda
> > app-admin/bacula
> > app-admin/furball
> > app-arch/flexbackup
> > app-arch/flexbackup
> > app-arch/pdumpfs
> > app-arch/tob
> > app-cdr/cdbkup
> > app-cdr/cddump
> > net-misc/rdiff-backup
> > net-misc/rsnapshot
> > sys-apps/mondo-rescue
> > sys-apps/reoback

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Sami Samhuri