On Mon, 2009-12-07 at 20:22 -0500, Matthias Clasen wrote: > On Tue, 2009-12-08 at 04:38 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Are there any plans to include a good backup tool for the desktop by > > default? I have put up deja-dup for review if anyone is interested in > > checking it out > > > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=540761 > > > > Frontend for duplicity (which uses rsync library and gpg keys for > > encryption) written in Vala. It is a simple backup tool for GNOME and > > integrates with Nautilus bookmarks etc. > > > > Features: > > > > • Support for local or remote backup locations, including Amazon S3 > > • Securely encrypts and compresses your data > > • Incrementally backs up, letting you restore from any particular backup > > • Schedules regular backups > > • Integrates well into your GNOME desktop > > > I certainly consider the lack of integrated backup one of the more > glaring holes in our desktop. For something to be included in the > desktop spin, it needs to be really towards the dead-simple, > plug-in-a-backup-disk side. Not sure how well deja-dup fits into that > category, I've never tried it. But getting it packaged for Fedora is the > right first step in any case. Thanks for doing that ! It took a while, but we do have deja-dup in F13 and rawhide now. And I think it fits pretty well into the category I described here, so I think we should consider including it. Opinions ? Matthias -- desktop mailing list desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop
