On 29/07/11 12:10, Atte André Jensen wrote: > Backup is indeed *very* serious business, and hence I think it's not > shotwell's responsibility to handle it. If every program I have tries > to backup it's data, I have to verify lots of different backup > mechanisms + it would probably mess up my backup. > > I've been using the multi_backup.sh found on the lower part of > http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/121604 for local backup and plain > rsync for remote backup for years, works like a charm, it's *very* > fast, and stores files just like that. > > I'm sure other people have other suggestions for backup, but I really > think it would be a waste of energy to implement a backup feature in > shotwell. > > Just my .01 euro...
I just want it to be able to handle knowing about removable volumes, so that if I try to access an image it prompts me to load any one of such-and-such volumes. If it could support transfer/duplication between volumes then you have a backup feature. I'm continually running out of space on my laptop for videos that I have taken. I know photographers who have more *photos* than they have hard drive space. Cataloguing multiple volumes is a useful feature for these people. Remember that there are people out there who really only want to back up one thing on their computer: their photos and videos, which are relatively irreplaceable compared to virtually everything else they might have. How are you expecting these users to back up their photo collection, with rsnapshot? Great for a SysAdmin but poor for a typical user. Sam _______________________________________________ Shotwell mailing list [email protected] http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell
