[data-loss] Trying to keep backups 'forever' ends up keeping backups 6 months
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Déjà Dup |
Fix Released
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Critical
|
Michael Terry | ||
14 |
Fix Released
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Critical
|
Michael Terry | ||
deja-dup (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Lucid |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
If the 'keep backups' preference is set to 'forever' (the default), Deja Dup will actually only keep backups for 6 months. This can lead to unexpected data loss.
In practice, it tends to keep them slightly under a year. A quick description of what happens:
1) First backup is a full backup
2) Incremental backups follow
3) Six months later a new full backup is made
4) Incremental backups follow
5) Six months later (now a fully year), a new full backup is made
6) The first backup and its incrementals are deleted <== This is the bug
The problem is that when a backup is finished and we check if we should delete old backups like the user asked, we never check for the special value 'forever'. Fix coming.
Changed in deja-dup: | |
assignee: | nobody → Michael Terry (mterry) |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
milestone: | none → 15.3 |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in deja-dup: | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
Changed in deja-dup: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
tags: |
added: verification-done removed: verification-needed |
This bug was fixed in the package deja-dup - 15.3-0ubuntu1
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deja-dup (15.3-0ubuntu1) maverick; urgency=low
* New upstream release
- Don't delete backups after 6 months if they are supposed to be
kept forever. LP: #590133
-- Michael Terry <email address hidden> Sat, 05 Jun 2010 14:51:14 -0400