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Beta-testing SparkleShareBeta-testing SparkleSharePosted Sep 16, 2010 7:59 UTC (Thu) by AlexHudson (subscriber, #41828)Parent article: Beta-testing SparkleShare
A couple of misunderstandings in this article, but the biggest is: "An important side effect to note is that SparkleShare is not suitable for storing private data; all files synchronized through one of these public Git-hosting services is accessible to anyone." This just isn't true. I have private data in it, syncing to a private git repo over SSH. "If you do not already have one, you must register an account at GitHub or Gitorious through the services' web sites and set up a project." This also isn't true. You do not need to register for an account on one of these services. The later commentary about having to do stuff manually at Gitorious is therefore also flawed. There are quite a few people actually using SparkleShare, they're on the IRC channel - I can't help but feel it would have been nice to get some comments from actual users as part of this review, some of the basic errors would have been avoided. I didn't feel the various digs at GNOME were entirely warranted, but I suppose that's more a matter of opinion.
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Beta-testing SparkleShare Posted Sep 16, 2010 10:11 UTC (Thu) by kragil (subscriber, #34373) [Link]
Thanks, I also wanted to ask if you have a commercial github account that is not public then your data is as private as on Dropbox, right? (If you trust Dropbox as much as Github that is)
Beta-testing SparkleShare Posted Sep 16, 2010 10:28 UTC (Thu) by AlexHudson (subscriber, #41828) [Link]
I don't know if anyone's actually tried that, but I can't imagine it would be a problem since the setup would be identical, it's just the visibility on their end which changes.
Beta-testing SparkleShare Posted Sep 16, 2010 13:12 UTC (Thu) by n8willis (editor, #43041) [Link]
| I have private data in it, syncing to a private git repo over SSH.
That may be possible if you know the steps, but people still need to understand the difference between SparkleShare's primary use case and Dropbox's. Particularly because, as I pointed out, the documentation does not help users set up a private repo. Hopefully that will change.
|You do not need to register for an account on one of these services.
The documentation says otherwise (3.1, 4.1). If that isn't accurate, it really needs fixing.
Thanks,
Beta-testing SparkleShare Posted Sep 16, 2010 13:45 UTC (Thu) by AlexHudson (subscriber, #41828) [Link]
The parts of the document you reference are the instructions for interfacing with {GitHub, Gitorious} - it doesn't say anywhere that they are required. There is no fix required there.
Given that it's a source-only beta release at the moment of course there will be parts of the documents that are unclear. It's also not terribly hard to discover though, you just put a URI in the box it provides, which is the first option.
Saying over and over that it's no good for private data just doesn't cut it.
Beta-testing SparkleShare Posted Sep 16, 2010 14:19 UTC (Thu) by n8willis (editor, #43041) [Link]
| "3.1. How do I set up SparkleShare with Gitorious?
| | First off, get an account on Gitorious if you don't already have one. 8< | 4.1. How do I set up SparkleShare with Github? | | First off, get an account on Github if you don't already have one."
That's what it says. You're free, however, to interpret it to mean whatever you like.
Nate
Beta-testing SparkleShare Posted Sep 16, 2010 16:57 UTC (Thu) by AlexHudson (subscriber, #41828) [Link]
Sure, you have to set up an account on one of those services if you want to use those services. SparkleShare doesn't require you to use those services. That's a clear difference that the article smudges.
Beta-testing SparkleShare Posted Sep 17, 2010 21:29 UTC (Fri) by n8willis (editor, #43041) [Link]
It mentions both the GNOME and external Git repository support multiple times. If you didn't catch it, I apologize, but it's certainly there.
Nate
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