Tahoe-LAFS backup scheduling daemon proposal

[David Stainton]

Hi Daira,

Thanks for all the info!

> +1. There are two existing tickets about scheduled backups:

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> https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/643

I reviewed this ticket and thought about it too.
It doesn't seem appropriate for what I had in mind...
and there may be problem/solution conflation.

> https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1018

This ticket was very interesting to read.
I will have to investigate this further.
It seems smart to have the backup scheduler in the Tahoe node.
I was initially thinking it would be a separate daemon process...
but this is unnecessary.

> Please decide which one you think this idea fits best with (#643 if
> it should be a separate process; #1018 if it should be implemented
> in the node), and add a link from the other.

I choose #1018!

>> I believe Tails would also benefit from some sort of GUI applet
>> interface to this backup daemon.

> ... and open a new ticket for this, please.

OK I will do!

> This sounds like it could be included as a Tails-specific option in
> a general configuration assistant. Please add it to
> https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1498

Ah ha. Yes. OK I will be limiting the scope of my efforts to solving
the Tails-specific section of this Tahoe configuration assistant.