Ryan Tate wrote on 4/1/19 7:54 PM:
On Apr 1, 2019, at 2:33 PM, Ryan Tate <ryant...@ryantate.com> wrote:
Now I see there is a folder in my dom0 home dir called
‘home-restore-2019-04-01-etcetc’.
But what do I do with this? I just have to manually figure out what files are
important? :-\
I just sort of methodically copied over anything that seemed important and
rebooted which seems to get me most of the way there.
I would like to say, I really think the wrong decision was made here:
https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/2271
https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/1106
The rationale for not actually restoring dom0 when dom0 is requested to be
restored seems to be:
1.User may be restoring to a different machine from the original, which could
obviate e.g. monitor settings. User can’t simply avoid restoring dom0 in this
situation "because it contains some files and scripts that I need” (quote from
issue 2271).
OR
2. user may only restore some VMs and then the dom0 restore will create false
menus (issue 1106)
I would argue, if you ask to restore dom0, then dom0 should be restored (truly,
not by copying over a directory, which is not a “restore”). Any glitches due
to, for example, restoring dom0 to a different machine, are the responsibility
of the user. User may also need to handle restoring dom0 with only partial vm
restore, for example by purging appmenus (although ideally the restore process
or architecture of Qubes would make partial restores happen more smoothly).
If the wish is not “restore” but rather to copy some files — “some files and
scripts that I need” — then it is up to the user to transfer these files by the
usual mechanism.
IMO Qubes has allowed the definition of “restore” to become a bit corrupted. To
restore is not just to copy a directory and let the user fend for themselves.
When I “restore”, the original state should largely come back. e.g. app menus
in vms, xfce panel particulars, desktop particulars, etc. If I want something
different, for example only to copy some settings over, it should be up to me
as a user to make that happen. If the restore is imperfect, that is OK — it
would be better to have an imperfect restore (with, for example, some phantom
menus) than to have no restore at all, from the standpoint of user
expectations, judging purely from myself.
These seem like reasonable points though for visibility & tracking, it
might be better to paste them directly into one of those issues.
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