Bug 426804

Summary:	Filedigger launcher is confusing rsync users
Product:	[Applications] kup	Reporter:	Ezike Ebuka <yerimyah1>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Simon Persson <simon.persson>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	minor
Priority:	LO
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Ezike Ebuka 2020-09-21 09:10:41 UTC

SUMMARY
Cannot restore Backup when using rsync.

No file digger when restoring backup form kup, if you use from system tray it shows just the file location not file digger to restore files

if you also use from the application in system settings it shows 
could not open "/path to/backup" check if backups are really located here 




STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Create a backup using rsync on an external drive
2. open the backup from system tray 
3. click show files 

OBSERVED RESULT
it opens the file location in dolphin file manager

EXPECTED RESULT
opens the file digger to choose the files you want to restore


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
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macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
(available in About System)
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

this happens when using rsync as bup is no longer available in any repo

Comment 1 Simon Persson 2020-09-24 02:50:33 UTC

Filedigger was created to allow a merged view of backups, for each file or folder the user can see a list of timestamps and open or restore that specific one. For rsync type of backups that makes no sense since there only ever is one version saved. Also, since the users files are saved at the backup location just as a stright simple copy then it makes sense to just use a file browser to look at the saved files. User can copy anything they need from there.

Keeping this bug report open since clearly there is improvement potential in how kup presents information, labeling of buttons etc. to make it clear what the user should expect from interacting with kup.

Any suggestion for how to avoid misunderstandings is appreciated!
Thank you for taking the time to report!

Comment 2 Ezike Ebuka 2020-10-13 11:35:15 UTC

when using timeshift there different timestamp backup more like versioned backup to a particular time before, 

so you have different copies based on the time the backup was made as i thought it was case here. 

just to add, bup package is no longer available in many distros like ubuntu based, arch and manjaro as far as i know because it uses python2 and it is now obselete, making rsync the only option for a backup with kup right now.

Comment 3 Simon Persson 2022-04-03 12:58:22 UTC

Closing this bug. Nobody has suggested any better wording to avoid misunderstanding, I don't know how to make it clearer.