Unison

On 11/12/05, John Dong <jdong at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Unison from Dapper approved for backporting to Breezy.
>
> NOTE: this does break archive format compatibility with the previous 2.10
> release, though for Unison users the price is well worth it. In addition,
> other popular distributions are already using the new archive format, so
> this brings Ubuntu up to speed.

could you please elaborate on 'archive format'. Which archives are you
talking about? the ubuntu archive?

I dont quite what the software unison has to do with archives, here is the
Description: A file-synchronization tool for Unix and Windows
 Unison is a file-synchronization tool for Unix and Windows, written
 in OCaml. It allows two replicas of a collection of files and
 directories to be stored on different hosts (or different disks
 on the same host), modified separately, and then brought up to
 date by propagating the changes in each replica to the other.
 .
 Unison offers several advantages over various synchronization methods
 such as CVS, Coda, rsync, Intellisync, etc. Unison can run on and
 synchronize between Windows and many UNIX platforms. Unison requires
 no root privileges, system access or kernel changes to function. Unison
 can synchronize changes to files and directories in both directions,
 on the same machine, or across a network using ssh or a direct
 socket connection.
 .
 Transfers are optimised using a version of the rsync protocol,
 making it ideal for slower links. Unison has a clear and precise
 specification, and is resilient to failure due to its careful
 handling of the replicas and its private structures.


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regards,
    Reinhard