[kdepim-users] Re: Backup Akonadi data

[David Goodenough]

On Friday 08 October 2010, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Friday 08 October 2010 16:29:43 Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Thursday 07 October 2010 22:26:46 David Goodenough wrote:
> > > On Thursday 07 October 2010, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > > On Thursday 07 October 2010 12:40:37 David Goodenough wrote:
> > > > > If I want to move from one machine to another, but keep all my
> > > > > address book info etc (and in future all my emails), is there a
> > > > > backup/restore facility in Akonadi?  If not I would suggest that
> > > > > one is needed - is there any documentation as to what gets 
stored
> > > > > where so that one
> > > 
> > > could
> > > 
> > > > > be written?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Similarly if I want to synchronise my akonadi data between say a
> > > > > laptop and a desktop is there a way to do this?
> > > > 
> > > > I think you'll find the answers you need in
> > > > http://userbase.kde.org/Akonadi_and_AddressBook - it was written 
by
> > > > one
> > > 
> > > of
> > > 
> > > > the addressbook developers.
> > > > 
> > > > > Also is the format the same independent of the database that is
> > > > > used. If so can this be used to migrate from MySql to Postgresql?
> > > > 
> > > > I believe some people do use Postgresql.  There is no migration 
path
> > > > as such, though, to my knowledge.  It is expected that if you want
> > > > to do that you will know what needs doing.
> > > > 
> > > > Anne
> > > 
> > > OK, so now I know which page you were talking about.  What this 
seems
> > > to say is that such things as backup are not really part of the plan. 
> > > There are bits and pieces all over the place, and even this
> > > addressbook developer does not know what the plan is, or even if 
there
> > > is one. Frankly having read it I am only a little closer to what is
> > > needed.
> > > 
> > > As to doing the migration oneself, without knowing how the 
application
> > > uses the data you can only make assumptions about how to move it.
> > > 
> > > Many users started with the non-Akonadi storage, were forced to 
MySql
> > > as it was the only option, and now want to reduce their DB manager
> > > count back to their preferred DB option - in my case Postgresql.
> > > 
> > > If there is no utility I will write one, but it will be written in my
> > > preferred language - Java.  Then I will publish it and the community
> > > can do with it what they like.  But it would be so much easier if
> > > there was some kind of document that described the data and how it 
was
> > > used. Lacking that I will guess but it will slow me down.
> > 
> > And frankly you are making unsubstantiated complaints about the
> > developers, to whom you have not talk, not hear speak, and wouldn't
> > listen to if you did. There are not, for a start, bits and pieces all
> > over the place.  The data is stored according to an ISO - I don't recall
> > the number - unlike earlier versions.  I've no doubt that someone will
> > write about using Postgreslql at some point, but you would be wiser to
> > learn to understand the system as it is set up by default before trying
> > to be clever and write your own version. After all, it is only 4 years
> > or so that a team of developers, some of them full-time on this project,
> > have been working on it, so go ahead.  Write your this weekend.
> 
> And, by the way, there is a clear "Search" box on UserBase - at the top of
> the sidebar.  Try typing "akonadi" there.
You are right, I missed it.  I am so used to the clutter on the tab bar that
my eye does not tend to look for things there.  I will look more carefully
next time.

David
> 
> Anne

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