[arch-general] Mime backup program

[arnaud gaboury]

On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Kwpolska <kwpolska at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 11:35 PM, Squall Lionheart
> <headmastersquall at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> A few weeks ago there was a thread regarding the best "Arch" way of backing
>> up /etc and I mentioned that I wrote a backup program that works very well
>> for that.  I promised I would let everyone know when my new version became
>> available, and today is that day.  I don't have an AUR package yet, however
>> an installer is provided and a "Quick Setup" can be found in the README.
>> The package contains full documentation and I am willing to answer
>> questions via email.  This is a very powerful and fully featured program
>> and I welcome any feedback.
>>
>> http://code.google.com/p/mime-backup/
>>
>> Thank you
>> Squall
>>
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>
> A great idea.  I have a few suggestions:
>
> 1. A better name would be a great idea.  When I saw “mime backup
> program”, I immediately thought of mimetypes, when I shouldn’t.
> 2. lsmime doesn’t use -- in front of arguments, although mime does.  See (5).
> 3. Mind switching to version control systems and to GitHub?  It’s much
> nicer and a billion times easier for people to contribute.
> 4. PyPI — http://wiki.python.org/moin/CheeseShopTutorial
> 5. argparse should be used instead of your methods of parsing
> arguments.  It’s much cleaner and easier.
> 6. Use setuptools (distribute) instead of distutils.
> 7. Compliance with PEP 8 is a good idea.  Package “pep8” from the AUR
> should help you.
> 8. If you want to have more users, rewrite it in python2.
> 9. Unit tests, http://kennethreitz.com/repository-structure-and-python.html
> and other stuff would be great to see.
> 10. And by the way, http://i.stack.imgur.com/RdBpi.png —
> python-distribute, python2-distribute, python-pip, python2-pip should
> be of use.
> 11. PKGBUILD.
> 12. Perform all that after a name change, if you want one.
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Following Kwpolska remarks, I suggest waiting a little bit before
writing the PKGBUILD.
Btw, this will only need you 15-30 minutes to write and check
integrity. But as already proposed, I can do it for you if you run out
of time.