Bup: Efficient file backup system based on the git packfile format

Re:Bup: Efficient file backup system based on the git packfi... by brimstedt on Sunday February 16, 2014 @09:25AM (#7247692)

so, its 2014 and still people use homegrown variations of tar, rsync, git and whatnot. Or a half done solution like this, or an abandoned solution like box backup.

why on earth isnt there already a perfect cross platform open source backup program? :)

I know,i know..why dont i make one myself? because we dont need a nother half done solution :-b

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Re:Bup: Efficient file backup system based on the git packfi... by gcr on Sunday February 16, 2014 @10:40AM (#7247904)

Every "perfect cross platform open source program" had to start as a homegrown variation of tar, rsync, git, and whatnot. It's not like they fall out of the sky.

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Re:Bup: Efficient file backup system based on the git packfi... by brimstedt on Sunday February 16, 2014 @01:08PM (#7248491)

of course things dont come out of nothing, i just find it so odd that we have open source top quality OSes, monitoring systems, programming languages, ides, browsers, graphics suites, etc etc, but no backup ..

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Re:Bup: Efficient file backup system based on the git packfi... by pjc50 on Monday February 17, 2014 @05:31AM (#7251399)

Not having a backup isn't a "pain point". Until you have a disaster. And disasters are infrequent enough ..

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Re:Bup: Efficient file backup system based on the git packfi... by brimstedt on Sunday February 16, 2014 @09:27AM (#7247694)

(dont mean tobsay this is a bad product or anything, just not a finished product..)

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Re:Bup: Efficient file backup system based on the git packfi... by bambambazooka on Monday February 17, 2014 @09:41AM (#7252258)

you can help finish it

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