Sounds like a great solution to me. On 6/30/20 10:12 AM, Jon Evans wrote: > JP, I agree that true backups are useful. > > Maybe even it is a good idea for KiCad to have a built-in backup function. > > I just don't think the current backup function is actually useful > because of my first point (backups are overwritten on each save). > > I would propose: > > 1) Remove the current backup file generation > > 2) Create a spec (in GitLab issue) for a better backup system that: > > - Can be turned on or off > - Backs up the whole project in a zip file > - Can keep the last N backups > - Runs on a schedule, not necessarily every time you click Save. > > Anyone opposed to this? > > -Jon > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 3:32 AM jp charras <jp.char...@wanadoo.fr> wrote: >> >> Le 30/06/2020 à 00:13, hauptmech a écrit : >>> >>> While I agree that it is not KiCad's job to do archival backups or version >>> control, I do think that KiCad should preserve the integrity of users data >>> through a crash. Even better if the work between the last save and the >>> crash is also preserved and recovered on restart. >>> >>> I have had to use the backup files to recover data in the past. I have no >>> idea if that recovery was related to something that is now no longer a >>> possible issue. >>> >>> >>> -Hauptmech >>> >>> >> >> I am also thinking a backup can be useful when something unexpected happens. >> >> Backups, like any security system, bothers you as long as you do not need to >> use them. >> But you are happy to find them in case of trouble. >> >> I like the way some CAD tools manage backup: >> only one zip archive is created (for instance projectname_backup.zip) and >> contains all saved files >> (in our case: *.kicad_sch (and sub paths) and .kicad_pcb) >> This is not a full project backup, just main files are saved. >> >> This is not invasive (only one file, or a few .zip if one want to keep last >> n saved versions) >> and is a security against unexpected cases. >> >> For me, backups are like a accident insurance: you need them and you hope >> never use them. >> >> And about VCS use: >> >> Many good electronics guys do not even know what is it, and have never >> compiled any source code. >> Electronics world and Software world are not exactly the same world. >> >> -- >> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
_______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
