On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 12:04:15PM +0200, Buchan Milne wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Greg Meyer wrote: > > On Thursday 26 June 2003 02:42 pm, Keld J�rn Simonsen wrote: > > > > > >>Anyway I am not interesed in mimicking what MS does, but in something > >>that is useful and convenient to the average MDK user. > >> > > > > I personally don't find this useful. When I delete a file, I want it > to be > > deleted. That, in combination with incremental rotating backups I do > every > > four hours with rsync give good production and online availability of > a file > > if deleted by accident.
I think the function should be optional. If a user wants it it should be easy to aquire, and quite visible, as when you select the functionality for your machine under installation. For me the key is that it is easy to configure so that the chance that it will be used is good. To me it is a basic operating system functionality. > Anyway, one point here is that it is useless implementing something like > this if there is not a really good consistent UI for it. Hmm, maybe the user interface already in drakbackup to restore files is OK. At least it is a beginning. And there is a need to see how things would be functioning, and users' experience with the facilities. Key for me is also whether/how it would be integrated into the MDK system and installation procedure. This is of cause a MandakeSoft decision. It would thus be nice to hear what MandarakeSoft's thoughts are about such facilities. > > One thing users hate about Windows is it hiding what it does, and at > present we aren't any better. I think what is in drakbackup is pretty obvious, and a kind of per-filesystem .trash directory with file node linking and garbage collection should also be pretty straightforward. Best regards Keld
