Andrew Vaughan wrote: > On Fri, 26 Dec 2008, John Goerzen wrote: >> Julian Andres Klode wrote: >> > Hardlink is a tool which detects multiple copies of the same file and >> > replaces them with hardlinks. >> > . >> > The idea has been taken from http://code.google.com/p/hardlinkpy/, but >> > the code has been written from scratch and licensed under the MIT >> > license. >> >> Do we really need another tool like this? >> >> We already have these packages: >> >> fdupes >> perforate >> > Hi John > > I think that's a little harsh. There are lots of apps in Debian that > provide similar functionality to other apps in Debian. I do agree that > iff hardlink is only duplicating functionality available in finddup, then > there is no point in maintaining both. > > (...) > > Andrew V.
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