mherger wrote: > > Settings would be easy. But the plugins? I always say "don't mess with > the LMS managed plugins", because it can be a mess. Backup might work, > but restore not. Might help in cases where a plugin disappears from the > > net. But in general it's not a good idea. > Agreed. Plugins might have interaction with something outside the LMS folders, so restoring should always involve calling the installer for that plugin and chances are big that this will destroy any settings that may have been applied.
> > The restore part will require some more work (to make it automatic): LMS > > keeps the prefs in memory and writes them out to the config files before > > shut down. Which means that if we restored the files at runtime, the > restored files might get overwritten again with the old configuration. > That's probably the best argument so far to want to do the backup from within LMS. > > And what if after the restore LMS fails to start up? Some path might > have changed or the like? > If you restore the settings rather than the settings file (in its original location) that should not be a factor > > Not what I was referring to. But you should have a backup strategy for > _any_ computer. And the LMS backup could just be part of it. If you > don't back up your NAS, then good luck... you accidentally delete a > file? It's gone. No matter whether it's your wedding photos, tax > declaration or LMS configuration. > Depending on the OS there is still a chance to retrieve it, but in general this is correct ------------------------------------------------------------------------ gordonb3's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=71050 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=112436 _______________________________________________ Squeezecenter mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
