Re: Backup druid

[Bengt Thuree <bengt thuree com>]

On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 15:52 +0800, Indulis Bernsteins wrote:
> 
> I think that f-spot should generate a list of files based on some sort
> of user selection... this could be person in the photo, location, what
> the user has currently selected, or predominant colour in the photo
> (well maybe not that one!). 
> 
> Export the list, and then it is simple to feed it to some other backup
> tool (or have f-spot feed the tool I guess). 
> 
> Doing "incremental" or full backups based on file creation date or
> last modification date is pretty much handled with standard tools
> outside of f-spot, so without lists generated by additional criteria,
> there's not much value in it IMHO. 
> 
> Cheers, 
> 
> Indulis 

Hi

I disagree.
I do not really think my folks will understand how to do a backup with
the normal means. Also, photos are among the most sensitive information
you have on the hard disk. Sensitive in the sense you can not replace
them if they are lost.

Therefore I believe that F-Spot would benefit by having some kind of
backup druid. By all means, one of the options could be to generate a
list of files/photos to be backup.

/bengt