| 2012-11-26 17:03:33 |
Michael Terry |
bug |
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added bug |
| 2012-11-26 17:03:47 |
Michael Terry |
bug task added |
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deja-dup (Ubuntu) |
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| 2012-11-26 17:05:25 |
Launchpad Janitor |
branch linked |
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lp:~mterry/deja-dup/ignore-steam |
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| 2012-11-29 20:44:11 |
Launchpad Janitor |
deja-dup (Ubuntu): status |
New |
Confirmed |
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| 2012-12-04 16:29:11 |
Michael Terry |
deja-dup: status |
New |
Fix Committed |
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| 2012-12-05 04:43:13 |
Michael Terry |
nominated for series |
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Ubuntu Precise |
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| 2012-12-05 04:43:13 |
Michael Terry |
bug task added |
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deja-dup (Ubuntu Precise) |
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| 2012-12-05 04:43:13 |
Michael Terry |
nominated for series |
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Ubuntu Quantal |
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| 2012-12-05 04:43:13 |
Michael Terry |
bug task added |
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deja-dup (Ubuntu Quantal) |
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| 2012-12-05 04:49:14 |
Michael Terry |
attachment added |
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precise.debdiff https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/deja-dup/+bug/1083237/+attachment/3451942/+files/precise.debdiff |
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| 2012-12-05 05:06:55 |
Michael Terry |
description |
Steam games are enormous, synchronized, and off-site. No need to back them up.
Apparently ~/.steam/root points to the install location of Steam. (Not sure what the difference is between ~/.steam/root and ~/.steam/steam...) |
[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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| 2012-12-05 05:07:49 |
Michael Terry |
attachment added |
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quantal.debdiff https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/deja-dup/+bug/1083237/+attachment/3451943/+files/quantal.debdiff |
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| 2012-12-05 05:08:53 |
Michael Terry |
bug |
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added subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team |
| 2012-12-05 05:30:23 |
Launchpad Janitor |
branch linked |
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lp:~ubuntu-desktop/deja-dup/ubuntu |
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| 2012-12-05 05:42:39 |
Launchpad Janitor |
branch linked |
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lp:ubuntu/raring-proposed/deja-dup |
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| 2012-12-05 08:10:16 |
Launchpad Janitor |
deja-dup (Ubuntu): status |
Confirmed |
Fix Released |
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| 2012-12-18 19:30:15 |
Michael Terry |
deja-dup: milestone |
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25.3 |
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| 2012-12-18 19:49:55 |
Michael Terry |
deja-dup: status |
Fix Committed |
Fix Released |
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| 2012-12-19 02:12:24 |
Chris Halse Rogers |
deja-dup (Ubuntu Precise): status |
New |
Fix Committed |
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| 2012-12-19 02:12:30 |
Chris Halse Rogers |
bug |
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added subscriber SRU Verification |
| 2012-12-19 02:12:37 |
Chris Halse Rogers |
tags |
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verification-needed |
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| 2012-12-19 02:43:39 |
Launchpad Janitor |
branch linked |
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lp:ubuntu/precise-proposed/deja-dup |
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| 2013-01-03 22:24:45 |
Brian Murray |
deja-dup (Ubuntu Quantal): status |
New |
Fix Committed |
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| 2013-01-03 22:43:42 |
Launchpad Janitor |
branch linked |
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lp:ubuntu/quantal-proposed/deja-dup |
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| 2013-02-05 16:00:16 |
Michael Terry |
tags |
verification-needed |
verification-done |
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| 2013-02-05 16:33:50 |
Colin Watson |
removed subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team |
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| 2013-02-05 16:34:12 |
Launchpad Janitor |
deja-dup (Ubuntu Precise): status |
Fix Committed |
Fix Released |
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| 2013-02-05 16:34:17 |
Launchpad Janitor |
deja-dup (Ubuntu Quantal): status |
Fix Committed |
Fix Released |
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