[Pybackpack] backup support types

[Andrew Price]

On 27/08/07 15:09, seth vidal wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-08-23 at 15:26 +0100, Andrew Price wrote:
>> One difficulty would be how to offer a simple user interface to all
>> these backup options. I'm sure it's doable though, the user must know
>> what kind of backup destination they'll be using. So good defaults and
>> discoverable options is the way to go.
> 
> It could be a setup dialog with questions:
> 1. do you need to encrypt your backups? if yes, then duplicity and stop
> asking.
> 
> 2. do you want to make an extra copy of your data to media or another
> system? if yes, then plain rsync
> 
> 3. do you want to be able to restore from any time you've made a backup?
> if yes then rdiff-backup
> 
> or
> 
> it could just be 'assume rsync' and let the more enlightened user know
> to look for things to change.

I prefer the latter solution in the sense that users may want to use
different backup methods for different sets of files so when more than
one backup method is installed, the option can be offered on a
per-backupset basis.

--
Andy Price