[Oneiric-Topic] Déjà Dup Backup Tool by default

[Bilal Akhtar]

+1 for this one. Deja Dup is highly stable (thanks to the duplicity
back-end), is very well at backing up, and simply rocks. I have it
installed on all my Ubuntu computers

However one thing about which I'm concerned in Deja dup, is that the
user isn't notified about whether an incremental or full backup would
take place. I feel that there should be a combobox on the pre-backup
screen with these choices: incremental backup (only if possible) and
full backup. In the current state of the app, the user might think that
Deja Dup doesn't support incremental backups, which is not the case
(there was a question about this on LP, which was answered by Michael
himself).

One day an incremental backup failed for me (as the system crashed in a
previous attempt) and I had to delete the files manually and create a
backup again. In case of failures in incremental backups, the user
should be notified with a better error message and should be recommended
to do a full backup instead.

I'll file bugs for all the above problems in the project.

Just my 2 cents,

Bilal Akhtar.

On 04/17/2011 07:35 PM, Michael Terry wrote:
> Full disclosure: Déjà Dup is my own pet project.
> 
> Déjà Dup [1] is a simple backup tool designed to be easy to use and well
> integrated.  It's aimed at GNOME and casual users.
> 
>  * It's been a featured app in Ubuntu since they were introduced.
>  * It's been installed by default in Fedora since 13.
>  * I think it's an open question whether the default install needs a
> backup system, which is worth discussing.
>  * The version aimed at Oneiric has some UI changes planned to make it
> even more "invisible": de-emphasizing the goofy name, living as a
> control center panel not a special app.
> 
> [1] https://launchpad.net/deja-dup
> 
> -mt
> 


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Bilal Akhtar - Ubuntu Developer <bilalakhtar at ubuntu.com>
IRC Nick: cdbs

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