[desktop-discuss] ZFS snapshot GUI

[Calum Benson]

On 20 Nov 2007, at 13:35, Christian Kelly wrote:
>
> Take the example I gave before, where you have a pool called, say,  
> pool1. In the pool you have two ZFSes: pool1/export and pool1/ 
> export/home. So, suppose the user chooses /export in nautilus and  
> adds this to the backup list. Will the user be aware, from browsing  
> through nautilus, that /export/home may or may not be backed up -  
> depending on whether the -r (?) option is used.

I'd consider that to be a fairly strong requirement, but it's not  
something I particularly thought through for the mockups.

One solution might be to change the nautilus background for folders  
that are being backed up, another might be an indicator in the status  
bar, another might be emblems on the folder icons themselves.  Which  
approach works best would probably depend on whether we expect most  
of  the folders people are browsing reguarly to be backed up, or not  
backed up-- in general, you'd want any sort of indicator to show the  
less common state.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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