On 05/14/2016 07:36 PM, Mauro Condarelli wrote:

It's not hijacking, it's a fork and there are good reasons for that. Don't you think it might be a good idea to change the project name then and just leave the original project intact?

I appreciate the idea to try and contact Craig Barret - that is homework 
to be done in preparation of such a decision. Maybe Mauro is too 
pessimistic about getting a response - Craig has done an admirable job 
in creating BackupPC, why should he not have interest in an initiative 
that tries to keep it alive?

I append the draft of a letter that could be sent to Craig. I am not a 
native English speaker - but my main concern is that the letter has a 
chance to avoid the trash bin and that it asks the right questions (and 
I think that the second question should be better formulated).

Juergen

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Subject: Initiative to keep BackupPC alive

A large and motivated user community (backuppc-users mailing list) is convinced that BackupPC offers a high quality collection of features, not matched by any alternative. We are concerned regarding the future availability of an up-to-date and maintained version of BackupPC. Presently there is a discussion on how the necessary activity can be re-launched by contributions from within that community.

There are two issues where your input would be highly appreciated:

1. Building on the existing operational infrastructure.
At present, BackupPC (software repository, mailing list) uses operational support from sourceforge. Who is the formal contact with sourceforge, who has access and administrator rights? What needs to be done to allow these rights to be transferred to a new team?

2. Technical evolution.
So far, two alternatives have surfaced: 
(a) build on the development version (Backuppc 4.0.0alpha1) which have released or 
(b) continue from the latest stable release (BackupPC 3.3.1) - either as a continuation of the present project, or as a "fork". 
Is there any chance that you have time and resources to continue to develop or help with version 4? What do you recommend?
  

There exists a large and motivated user community (backuppc-users 
mailing list) that is convinced that there exists no alternative 
software with the quality and comparable features of BackupPC, and that 
feels concern on the future availabilty of an up-to-date and maintained 
BackupPC. Presently there is a discussion on how the necessary activity 
can be re-launched by contributions from within that community.

There are two issues where your input would be highly appreciated:

1. Building on the existing operational infrastructure.
At present, BackupPC (software repository, mailing list) uses 
operational support from sourceforge: who - on the side of BackupPC - is 
the formal contact to sourceforge, who has access and administrator 
rights? What needs to be done to allow these rights to be transferred to 
a new team?

2. Technical evolution.
So far, two alternatives have been mentioned: (a) build on the 
development version (Backuppc 4.0.0alpha1) you have released or (b) 
continue from the latest stable release (BackupPC 3.3.1) - either as a 
continuation of the present project, or as a "fork". Is there any chance 
that you have time and resources to continue to develop or help with 
version 4? do you have recommendations?

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