This bug was fixed in the package deja-dup - 22.0-0ubuntu3
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deja-dup (22.0-0ubuntu3) precise-proposed; urgency=low
* debian/patches/ignore-steam.patch:
- Always ignore ~/Steam (via ~/.steam/root). Patch from upstream
trunk. LP: #1083237
-- Michael Terry <mte...@ubuntu.com> Tue, 04 Dec 2012 23:46:55 -0500
** Changed in: deja-dup (Ubuntu Precise)
Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
** Changed in: deja-dup (Ubuntu Quantal)
Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1083237
Title:
Ignore Steam files by default
Status in Déjà Dup Backup Tool:
Fix Released
Status in “deja-dup” package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in “deja-dup” source package in Precise:
Fix Released
Status in “deja-dup” source package in Quantal:
Fix Released
Bug description:
[Impact]
Steam is coming to Ubuntu (already in beta). Steam games are enormous,
synchronized, and off-site. No need to back them up.
Once users start playing Steam games, a user that enabled backups with
Deja Dup's default settings will find that all of a sudden, many gigs
of data are being backed up.
Now, obviously this is a bit of a whack-a-mole problem. Many apps
like Steam don't properly follow the XDG basedir spec and put cached
data in ~/.cache so that Deja Dup and similar apps will ignore them.
And we don't want to SRU a fix for every single non-compliant app.
But Steam is a big one. It's both very popular and its data is very
very large. I think it's worth an exception to avoid the pain and bug
reports that will come when many people suddenly add multiple gigs of
useless data to their backups.
[Workaround]
A user can simply add ~/Steam to the backup ignore list. But every single
user that uses Steam will want to do that. It's a big burden to ask of each
user individually.
[Test Case]
Try backing up your home directory with Steam installed. Notice that it will
include ~/Steam. With this patch (from upstream), it will ignore ~/Steam
instead.
[Regression Potential]
It's a very simple fix. I think regression potential is exceedingly tiny.
[Fix Details]
We add ~/.steam/root to the hidden default ignore list. ~/.steam/root points
at ~/Steam (which will also be ignored) unless the user has manually changed it.
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