Re:SparkleShare: Open Source Dropbox clone coming soon
by md81544 on Friday June 11, 2010 @04:44PM
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Why C-sharp / mono ?? This could almost be done (on Linux at least) with a copy of rsync, git (for the revision control) and a shell script.
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Re:SparkleShare: Open Source Dropbox clone coming soon
by akmiller on Friday June 11, 2010 @04:52PM
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C-sharp and mono will allow it to run on all 3 platforms (OSX, Linux, and Windows).
Re:SparkleShare: Open Source Dropbox clone coming soon
by wcoenen on Saturday June 12, 2010 @09:17AM
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If you look at the source, you'll see it is already based on git. C# is just used to glue it all together and provide a GUI.
There isn't much source code there though. It looks more like a proof of concept. I doubt anything is "coming soon" here.
Re:SparkleShare: Open Source Dropbox clone coming soon
by obsaysditto on Friday June 11, 2010 @04:50PM
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I was exactly wondering about mono when I viewed the README. The toolsets needed are already there.
Perhaps this was done to make it easier to port to other OS later?
Re:SparkleShare: Open Source Dropbox clone coming soon
by sabat on Saturday June 12, 2010 @12:46AM
(#1425564)
This could almost be done (on Linux at least) with a copy of rsync, git (for the revision control) and a shell script.
Er, well, yeah, but you'd be polling almost constantly if you're trying to emulate what Dropbox does. I don't know exactly how Dropbox knows when I add or change a file -- I assume it ties in to the kernel. Also, rsync wouldn't work over HTTP, which is a big disadvantage in some of the environments I've been working in lately.
My big question, though: why isn't someone doing this for headless servers? Why do they always assume people just want this for desktops? At least you can hack a headless version of Dropbox on Linux.