[kdepim-users] Re: Backup Akonadi data

[Anne Wilson]

On Friday 08 Oct 2010 23:01:09 Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> On Friday 08 October 2010, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Friday 08 October 2010 16:53:31 David Goodenough wrote:
> > > I asked a question (is there a backup/migration utility) and you
> > > replied (and only you) with an answer which told me that there was
> > > a partial utility (the one in the task bar) and that there was
> > > some documentation which when I read it basically said that the
> > > backup only backed up some of the information and that there was a
> > > whole lot I had to do myself.  The comment about bits and pieces
> > > all over the place seems quite justified to me when you read the
> > > link you gave me and find that the person who wrote it said that
> > > he did not know where all the places where.  If the developers had
> > > answered my question then I would have been delighted to talk to
> > > them.
> > > 
> > > That says to me that either no-one designed a backup process (I
> > > would be quite happy if there was a design but no implementation
> > > as it could then be implemented) or that its design is hidden
> > > somewhere that neither of us can find.  In the latter case then
> > > this can easily be fixed by publishing the docs, in the former
> > > case I think I have a reasonable case that the developers should
> > > answer.
> > > 
> > > I have no intention reinventing wheels, I just fill in wheels where
> > > I can not find them.
> > > 
> > > I have written the first cut of the code, and I am currently
> > > testing it. So far it seems to work.
> > 
> > The fact that I do not know any details of backup strategy, other
> > than the fact that I set cron jobs to regularly rsync various
> > directories under ~/.kde4 and ~/.local, does not mean that they
> > don't exist.
> > 
> > Most of the developers of Kontact do not read this list.  They long
> > since lost patience with the poor attitudes they encountered from so
> > many users.  Now when I see a question where I can't at least point
> > to a guide to start looking, I go to the developers privately and
> > ask them about it.  Most of the time, this works.
> > 
> > I would seriously suggest that your code writing at the moment may be
> > flawed, because I know for a fact that backup is something that has
> > been considered seriously, even though I don't know how far it has
> > got.
> 
> Anne, I wouldn't be so bold as to claim that David's code is flawed.

Sorry I gave that impression - it was not my intention.  I intended to say 
that his decision to go ahead without talking to the developers was not a good 
decision.

Anne
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