[Sugar-devel] Proposing backup/restore as feature for 0.102

[Martin Abente]

The level of indirection was added because it used different backup
mechanisms, IE: to the XS (via dsd's rsync scripts) and to memory sticks.
Not sure who else is using dsd's scripts, other than Paraguay though.


On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Gonzalo Odiard <gonzalo at laptop.org> wrote:

> One of the features we want upstream is Backup/Restore of the Journal.
>
> There are already a page for this feature [1] but the currently only
> is implemented
> the backup/restore to a connected device (pen drive), and not to/from
> the school server.
>
> I did the port to Sugar 0.100 of the code in dextrose, (patches [2] and
> [3])
> but still think need more work before pushing upstream.
>
> Here my comments/questions:
>
> * Right now, the access to backup/restore functionality is available in
> the menu
> of the connected device (see [4]). May be should be in the Journal button,
> to allow other destinations in the future, like google drive/dropbox/etc?
> Or should be as a option in the control panel? (If the control panel is
> only
> for configuration this may be not the right place)
>
> * The screen look alien [5]. Should be better if we add a toolbar or
> should be in a modal dialog similar to the control panel/ object chooser?
>
> * We need a better icon.
>
> * The actual implementation have scripts to backup/restore from the
> command line.
> Then the sugar code execute the scripts, and the scripts execute tar. Is
> needed
> this indirection or should be better call tar from sugar?
>
> This implementation can be tested in our AU images [6]
>
> Comments?
>
> Gonzalo
>
> [1] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Backup_and_Restore
>
> [2]
> https://github.com/godiard/au1b_rpms/blob/master/sugar/0001-Backup-and-Restore-to-a-mounted-device.patch
>
> [3]
> https://github.com/godiard/au1b_rpms/blob/master/sugar/0001-Fix-backup-restore-functionality-SL-4616.patch
>
> [4] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/File:Backup_usb_menu.png
>
> [5] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/File:Backup_before.png
>
> [6] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=0.100/Testing
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