[Bug 874745] Re: Can't restore from backup as part of installation

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

<xnox> mpt: it all depends what one calls a backup and what is going to be restored.
<xnox> mpt: if one wants to do a full clone off old machine, it's one thing. If we are merely restoring installed apps and settings, it's well more-or-less settings sync. If we are doing fresh install, but resurrecting all /home/ it's kind of like reinstall while preserving user data.

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Title:
  Can't restore from backup as part of installation

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  If you backed up your system (e.g. using Déjà Dup), and then it died,
  the installer does not provide an easy way for you to restore from
  that backup.

  This is one of a set of basic options for "do you have any data":
  * Install Ubuntu from scratch
  * Restore from an Ubuntu backup
  * Migrate from a previous (and still-working) Ubuntu PC
  * Migrate from Windows

  These options *conceptually* clash with the "Installation type" options, or at least with their captions:
  * Upgrade Ubuntu to x.y
  * Erase Ubuntu and reinstall
  etc.

  So this will first need careful design.

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