[issue15] rsync support

[Pascal Bleser]

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Nick Brown at Labix Tracker wrote:
> Nick Brown <nickbroon at blueyonder.co.uk> added the comment:
> 
> I may take a look at this, though I'm no python programmer, nor familiar with 
> the smart architecture. Can you point me to where I should begin looking in 
> the code?

I don't really see an easy way of implementing this.

One would need to find an rsync transport implementation in Python, optionally through a wrapper for
a C library (should be made optional then, to avoid forcing an additional non-Python library down
the throat of all users, most of them not being interested in rsync transport).

Because if you just call the rsync binary... well... it's for file synchronization, I'm not sure
about the point of using rsync for data transport.
Sure, rsync can list remote directories and files.
You might be able to use rsync on individual files and forcing the output to a local temporary file.

Is it just me or does this just sound totally not on purpose of using rsync ? :)

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