On Wed, Nov 05, 2008 at 09:23:02PM EST, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chris
> Jones wrote:
>
> > But then I started thinking .. what if for instance I had to scale my
> > effort from my single system to a large "data center" with hundred of
> > hosts .. with differe
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tim Rowe
wrote:
> Actually, there's quite a lot wrong with rapid prototyping, but there's
> quite a lot wrong with all other requirements capture methodologies too,
> so rapid prototyping is up there with the rest of them.
Sounds like what Churchill said about demo
2008/11/6 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Nothing wrong with rapid prototyping. :)
That's one requirements capture methodology, certainly. Actually,
there's quite a lot wrong with rapid prototyping, but there's quite a
lot wrong with all other requirements capture methodologies too, so
On Wed, Nov 05, 2008 at 09:21:38PM EST, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
> wrote:
>
> > Well, if it handles your backups it doesn't work. It just pretends until
> > you really *need* the backed up data. ;-)
>
> That's why a backup system need
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chris
Jones wrote:
> I'm one of them that need to get their hands dirty a bith .. lack the
> power of abstraction. Need to do some building before I can specify.
Nothing wrong with rapid prototyping. :)
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On Wed, Nov 05, 2008 at 08:12:40PM EST, Tim Rowe wrote:
> 2008/11/6 Chris Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > Begs the question .. how do I tell what is an object-oriented vs. a
> > procedural problem?
>
> Practice, largely, so you're doing the right thing (provided you don't
> trust your /real/ bac
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chris
Jones wrote:
> But then I started thinking .. what if for instance I had to scale my
> effort from my single system to a large "data center" with hundred of
> hosts .. with different backup policies .. what if I had to take into
> account time slots where th
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
wrote:
> Well, if it handles your backups it doesn't work. It just pretends until
> you really *need* the backed up data. ;-)
That's why a backup system needs to be absolutely simple as possible. Avoid
complicated formats, a straightforwa
2008/11/6 Chris Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Begs the question .. how do I tell what is an object-oriented vs. a
> procedural problem?
Practice, largely, so you're doing the right thing (provided you don't
trust your /real/ backup data to a tutorial program). If you find that
the program is at it
On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 11:11:17PM EST, Ben Finney wrote:
> Chris Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I am thinking of rewriting it in python using OOP tactics/strategy.
> >
> > Please advise.
>
> I advise you not to have the object-oriented programming hammer as
> your only tool, because it
On Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:12:08 +, Jorgen Grahn wrote:
> On Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:42:43 +1300, Lawrence D'Oliveiro
>
>> Engineering rule #1: if it works, don't fix it.
>
> Especially if it handles your backups ;-)
Well, if it handles your backups it doesn't work. It just pretends until
you real
On Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:11:37 -0500, Chris Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I wrote a trivial backup script that does the following:
>
> If tonight is the first day of the month:
>
> save last month's archive
> do a full backup of the system
>
> else:
>
> save last night's differential
On Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:42:43 +1300, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chris
> Jones wrote:
>
>> I wrote this in bash and although it's worked w/o a glitch for the last
>> couple of months .. I'm not comfortable with .. "the look & feel of it".
>
> Eng
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chris
Jones wrote:
> I wrote this in bash and although it's worked w/o a glitch for the last
> couple of months .. I'm not comfortable with .. "the look & feel of it".
Engineering rule #1: if it works, don't fix it.
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Chris Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am thinking of rewriting it in python using OOP tactics/strategy.
>
> Please advise.
I advise you not to have the object-oriented programming hammer as
your only tool, because it's easy to then treat every problem as
though it were a nail.
What you de
I wrote a trivial backup script that does the following:
If tonight is the first day of the month:
save last month's archive
do a full backup of the system
else:
save last night's differential backup
back up all changes relative to the current month's full backup
endif
I wrote
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