Bug 198512 - [NEW PORT] sysutils/freefilesync: Backup utility for file and folder synchronization
Summary: [NEW PORT] sysutils/freefilesync: Backup utility for file and folder synchron...
Status: Closed Overcome By Events
Alias: None
Product: Ports & Packages
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Individual Port(s) (show other bugs)
Version: Latest
Hardware: Any Any
: --- Affects Only Me
Assignee: freebsd-ports-bugs (Nobody)
URL:
Keywords: feature, needs-patch, patch
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2015-03-11 06:44 UTC by Yuri Victorovich
Modified: 2015-10-25 02:49 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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shar archive (10.56 KB, application/shar)
2015-03-11 06:44 UTC, Yuri Victorovich
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poudriere log (108.08 KB, text/plain)
2015-03-11 06:45 UTC, Yuri Victorovich
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Description Yuri Victorovich freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2015-03-11 06:44:30 UTC
Created attachment 154177 [details]
shar archive

This utility has some very happy users, and can be quite useful.
Comment 1 Yuri Victorovich freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2015-03-11 06:45:14 UTC
Created attachment 154178 [details]
poudriere log
Comment 2 Alexey Dokuchaev freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2015-10-24 17:08:37 UTC
Looks like things had changed a bit over time:

1) The latest version is 7.5 now
2) Distfiles are no longer available from SF.net (for any version)
3) zenXml is now at version 2.3
4) The port does not build :-(

FWIW, we generally do not welcome upper/mixed-cased port names (with a few notable exceptions like Perl and Python modules); it should've been done this way (for the new versions), port directory: `sysutils/freefilesync', Makefile:

> PORTNAME=       freefilesync
> PORTVERSION=    7.5
> CATEGORIES=     sysutils
> MASTER_SITES=   http://www.mediafire.com/download/5qlb1c8ltns7obk/:ffs \
>                 SF/zenxml:xml
> DISTFILES=      FreeFileSync_${PORTVERSION}_Source.zip:ffs zenXml_2.3.zip:xml
> ...

Nonetheless, it looks like a nice port to have, so if you're still interested in porting, please attach a new file with the above concerns addressed.
Comment 3 Yuri Victorovich freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2015-10-24 22:24:28 UTC
Hi Alexey,

I agree with your naming suggestion.

But when I look now, I see that the sources of the new version aren't even on SourceForge any more. Arch takes them from the DropBox URL. We probably can't do that. It is somewhat of being not very open source any more.

And taking into account that freefilesync in its Windows version used to bundle with malware, and that it isn't all that useful and used, I would say I would drop this proposed port.

My suggestion is to close this bug without committing it. Not worthy of the time spent on it.

Thanks!
Comment 4 Kubilay Kocak freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2015-10-25 02:49:47 UTC
Close at Reporters request.