[Bug 306982] Re: Expose better UI for file-based restore
A browse and restore interface was released with 42.0. ** Changed in: deja-dup Status: Confirmed => Fix Released ** Changed in: deja-dup (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/306982 Title: Expose better UI for file-based restore To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/deja-dup/+bug/306982/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 306982] Re: Expose better UI for file-based restore
** Changed in: deja-dup (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/306982 Title: Expose better UI for file-based restore To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/deja-dup/+bug/306982/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 306982] Re: Expose better UI for file-based restore
** Changed in: deja-dup (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/306982 Title: Expose better UI for file-based restore To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/deja-dup/+bug/306982/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 306982] Re: Expose better UI for file-based restore
Agreed, Kip. Also note that as of 17.2, Deja Dup has a restore-missing- files view, fixing the below issue from comment 1. 1) Improve nautilus extension to allow restoring missing files. This is presumably a big use case (Oh, I just deleted that file, stupid me). So the only thing missing now is: 2) Add a screen to the restore wizard to offer to restore certain files, and let the user pick ones from the backup. I anticipate adding a simple screen in the wizard to pick files/folders from a folder tree for a first pass at this functionality. For a future iteration, it would be nice to add support to nautilus for browsing a backup in some fashion, which would allow restoring in a more intuitive, dragdrop manner. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/306982 Title: Expose better UI for file-based restore -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 306982] Re: Expose better UI for file-based restore
Like Aaron and Michael, I also came to Launchpad to request such a feature, but it looks like others have been already asking for it. An idea is in the Restore to Where? dialogue, it could ask below the first two options of Restore items to their original locations and Restore to specific folder, perhaps ask below whether to restore all or to peek inside the backup and select individually what you'd like to restore. -- Expose better UI for file-based restore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/306982 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 306982] Re: Expose better UI for file-based restore
** Changed in: deja-dup Milestone: 16.0 = None -- Expose better UI for file-based restore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/306982 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 306982] Re: Expose better UI for file-based restore
This needs to be done in stages:
(1.) Add dialog button, for Restore Files/Folder. CRITICAL
This should already be present. I petulantly disabled Déjà Dup, and
installed Simple Backup, before I found this Bug.
(As per Comment #1) This is not yet a feature. You can however
restore files (or folders) using the command line ('deja-dup --restore
[FILES...]'), or by right-clicking in Nautilus (? requires extension).
This feature will be added in a future release. SEE Bug #306982 .
(2.) Add simple dialog field for files/folders, and feed to command line.
IMPORTANT
(3.) Add complex dialog box(es), for files/folders, version to replace
with, and exception handling. NICE TO HAVE
(4.) A Wizard tool, for all of the above. NICE TO HAVE, ONE DAY
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[Bug 306982] Re: Expose better UI for file-based restore
I experienced, that when I try to restore a single file from nautilus, deja-dup lists all of my backups from the past. If I select a date when the file did't existed yet, I get an error, that the file doesn't exist in the backup (of course, because i had't created the file before that backup). Is there any way from deja-dup to check that a file is in the backup and list only backups, that contains the file? -- Expose better UI for file-based restore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/306982 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 306982] Re: Expose better UI for file-based restore
I think the current wizard-based approach is a problem, too. I was fiddling with Deja Dup's file restore and had absolutely no way of knowing what would happen next as I stepped through the process. Would it suddenly start murdering my home directory, replacing every single file in a slow crunch of madness, or would it let me select them one by one? Would I be able to select where to restore the files to? A dialog that shows / enables options as they become available, with an obvious Restore button at the bottom to assure us that it won't do anything until we press that button, could be a gentler approach. -- Expose better UI for file-based restore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/306982 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 306982] Re: Expose better UI for file-based restore
** Changed in: deja-dup Milestone: None = 16.0 -- Expose better UI for file-based restore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/306982 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 306982] Re: Expose better UI for file-based restore
This sounds like a great solution to the problem. I came to Launchpad to request the feature of being able to restore single files rather than having to do an entire backup -- from the GUI, I didn't realise that there was the Nautilus extension or any other way to restore files (e.g. the commandline method). Even before this is implemented, maybe a note could be added to the Restore screen alerting users to the ability to restore files directly through Nautilus. -- Expose better UI for file-based restore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/306982 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 306982] Re: Expose better UI for file-based restore
2) Add a screen to the restore wizard to offer to restore certain files, and let the user pick ones from the backup. This, I feel, is very much needed. Examine the way Back in Time (http://backintime.le-web.org/) handles this, for instance; it displays the whole folder structure of your backups (or snapshots) as if you were looking at them in Nautilus. -- Expose better UI for file-based restore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/306982 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 306982] Re: Expose better UI for file-based restore
** Also affects: deja-dup (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Expose better UI for file-based restore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/306982 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
