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pyqt6 on ubuntu?
by David Gibbs March 10, 2024

March 10, 2024

Folks: I just tried to build & install bit on my kde neon (ubuntu jammy) machine using deb's, but it couldn't find the python3-pyqt6 package. Any suggestions on how to install the package so apt won't complain? Thanks! David

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Compare Snapshots
by lioh.moeller＠gmx.net March 8, 2024

March 8, 2024

Hi all, I would like to compare two Snapshots. Within the compare options there is listed false as default command. But even if I change it to let's say diff, the compare function does not seem to do anything. Greetings Lioh

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Backintime (root) not working
by sgcarr＠gmail.com Feb. 26, 2024

Feb. 26, 2024

Description On 25 February I noticed that backintime (root) had not done any backups since 18 February so I attempted to do manual snapshots using both options all I got was "Done No backup needed.". I even set the logging option to All - there was no data. That was with version 1.4.1 so I manually installed version 1.4.3. the problem persisted. I am running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. The problem was resolved by doing a reboot - I went to check bactintime (root) and it was working - it took 30 minutes. The have been no problems with the non root backintime backups. My suspicion is that a reboot occurred during a backintime (root) backup . The reboot may have been requested a Ubuntu update, I rarely reboot the cystem. I have the configuration option set so that only one backup job at a time can be active. Is backintime (root) capable of handling interruptions caused by a reboot? Is there a lock file that is only cleared after a reboot or completion of a backup? I am willing to do some testing by disabling root backups for a while and then manually start a snapshot and reboot the system while snapshot is running or before the root backup starts - the non root job seems to run first. Thanks to all Stephen Carr

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git: Can not see upstream tags on my local repo
by c.buhtz＠posteo.jp Feb. 8, 2024

Feb. 8, 2024

Hi Folks, hope that someone with git experience can help me here. The upstream BIT repo do has several tags [1]. The "latest" is "v1.4.3". But I can not see this tag in my local repo. There "v1.3.1" is the latest. My forked repo has "v1.3.3" as latest [2]. I have two remotes: $ git remote -v origin git@github.com:buhtz/backintime.git (fetch) origin git@github.com:buhtz/backintime.git (push) upstream git@github.com:bit-team/backintime.git (fetch) upstream git@github.com:bit-team/backintime.git (push) Most of the time I do sync my fork via the GitHub frontend and its "Sync fork" button. In my local repo I do "git fetch --all --prune --tag" and can see that "origin" and "upstream" are checked for new data. That is how I do it. But the tags are not up to date on my local repo. But the commits are. Any idea? Kind Christian [1] -- <https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/tags> [2] -- <https://github.com/buhtz/backintime/tags>

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Announcement: New BiT version 1.4.0 released today
by BiT dev Feb. 1, 2024

Feb. 1, 2024

Dear BiT friends, we have published a new stable BiT release today and as always we are happy to get your feed-back. https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/releases/tag/v1.4.0 Installation instructions: https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/blob/dev/CONTRIBUTING.md#build--inst… Best regards BiT developer team

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SSH encrypted / EncFS: Some exclude patterns are blue
by c.buhtz＠posteo.jp Jan. 25, 2024

Jan. 25, 2024

Hi Folks, do some of you use BIT with "SSH encrytped" (EncFS) mode? I don't. But I discovered today that some exclude patterns in the settings dialog are highlightend with blue colors. And I don't understand why. I have opened an Issue with screenshots and some code links about it. https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/issues/1618 Kind Christian

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Vagrantfiles for Debian 12 and BiT dev
by Michael Büker Jan. 17, 2024

Jan. 17, 2024

Hi all, I'm attaching my newly tested Vagrantfiles for Debian 12 with the backintime dev branch installed (an some minimal configuration in place, so BiT doesn't ask to set up a profile at start), and with buthz' qt6 branch for testing. We don't have an online place to collect these yet, right? Enjoy :) Michael

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Please announce "Good first" and "Help wanted" Issues
by c.buhtz＠posteo.jp Jan. 9, 2024

Jan. 9, 2024

Hello folks, I would like to point you to Issues (bug tickets and feature requests) which are suitable for beginners and novices. They are tagged as "GOOD FIRST ISSUE" and "HELP-WANTED". <https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/labels/GOOD%20FIRST%20ISSUE> <https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/labels/HELP-WANTED> Beside jumping in yourself please consider announcing this Issues in your community. You might know some people who try to contribute to FOSS projects but still looking for a good first issue. Myself I do announce some of this issues from time to time at reddit. Thanks in advance Christian

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RfC: New repo for collecting reusable issue support scripts and instructions?
by BiT dev Jan. 9, 2024

Jan. 9, 2024

I have a private list of bash and other scripts to support users that opened issues. Should we create a new repo (eg. named "support") to collect those things? It would help - to make it reusable for all of us - make issue support easier by just linking to a script or instructions

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Request to test Qt6 migration
by c.buhtz＠posteo.jp Jan. 8, 2024

Jan. 8, 2024

Hello, I am working on migration of BIT from Qt5 to Qt6 because the support for version 5 ends this year. It would help a lot if you could test this version for bugs related to the migration. Play around with BIT, try to open the windows and dialog. But don't do this on your productive machine. Use a test machine or virtual environment. Clone the specific branch from my BIT fork: $ git clone --branch qt6migration https://github.com/buhtz/backintime.git Follow the install instructions for developers and don't forget to install dependencies (e.g. PyQt6): <https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/blob/dev/CONTRIBUTING.md#build--inst…> In short: $ cd backintime/common $ ./configure $ make $ sudo make install $ cd ../qt $ ./configure $ make $ sudo make install There is an issue related to the migration: <https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/issues/1301> I would prefer reports directly to that ticket instead of the mailing list. By the way: If you know how feel free to contribute Qt related unit tests. Currently the GUI code is not covered by any tests. Thanks a lot. Christian

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