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I regularly use another OCaml program: Unison, the file syncer. It's sort of like a bidirectional rsync. It's a fantastic tool but nearly abandonware. My suspic
by NelsonMinar 11y ago
I regularly use another OCaml program: Unison, the file syncer. It's sort of like a bidirectional rsync. It's a fantastic tool but nearly abandonware. My suspicion has always been the open source project languishes because so few people know OCaml to work on it.
- massysett 11y agoIf it's a fantastic tool, does it matter if it's abandonware? Is nobody working on it because it does what it's supposed to do, is reasonably bug-free, and so it needs no work?
- k_bx 11y agoIn order to not become abandoned, open source software needs to be not only open source, but also to have easily accessible source control, issue tracker and other community-required tools. In case of Unison – it's a program done by a brilliant Computer Scientist and author of one of the best books I've read (well, reading) "Types and Programming Languages" Benjamin Pierce. I know he had put quite some research effort into that tool, but I don't see community-related infrastructure around it being in place, that's why it looks (or maybe is) rather abandoned. Btw, here's another fun video of B. Pierce making some intriguing statements regarding a popular file-sync program called Dropbox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2jQe8DFzUM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2jQe8DFzUM
- mehrzad 11y agoHow does it compare to syncthing?