[Pybackpack] pybackpack thoughts and future

[seth vidal]

On Mon, 2007-08-27 at 10:02 -0400, seth vidal wrote:

> - simple gnome-python applet that the user can run and have it poll
> their backupsets and say if a backup hasn't been run in whatever amount
> of time. Storing the minimum frequency in the backupset config would
> accommodate that. - So the things that would need to happen to make this
> work: 
>     - backupsets need to write/touch a file in their config dir when 
>       they finish a backup
>     - we need a default 'minimum frequency' in the config - probably 24 
>       or 48 hours would be reasonable.

>     - and, of course, we need the applet. The simplest applet displays 
>       nothing until it notices that one of the backups has not been 
>       backed up in less time than its minimum frequency. Then it should 
>       probably:
>           - blink an icon up on the applet notification area
>           - clicking on the icon pops up a box telling the user what 
>             needs to be done with a button to run pybackpack

okay. I have this last part more or less working. I need to hook it up
so it is looking at the right object in pybackpack but it's on the way
to functionality. I'll work on the other pieces time-permitting.

-sv