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mark project as deprecated and point people at other solutions

Posted by dmuth on April 6, 2008 at 6:53pm
Project:backup
Version:master
Component:Code
Category:support request
Priority:normal
Assigned:Unassigned
Status:active

Issue Summary

Hi folks,

Back when I first wrote this module, it was to "scratch an itch", so to speak. I wanted a way to back up different Drupal installations of mine, and this module met that need. I also decided to upload that module here so I could share it with others who also might find it useful. But, something totally crazy happened: lots of people started to use it.

It was only a matter of time before the bug reports rolled in. Since backup relies on external programs such as tar and mysqldump, many of these were edge cases found in webhosting environments that I did not have access to for troubleshooting. I never anticipated this when I released this module, and one look at the bug reports will show the obvious: I just don't have the spare time to handle all of these.

To that end, I am looking for a new maintainer for this module. The ideal maintainer would have a strong PHP and Linux/UNIX background, understand CVS and its tagging system, and be familiar with the inner workings of Drupal, especially Drupal 6, which this module needs to be ported to.

If you're interested, please browse the outstanding bugs and outstanding support requests to see if you might be interested in taking on those kind of responsibilities. If you are, please leave a comment on this issue and we'll talk. :-)

Thanks for reading,

-- Doug

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Comments

#1

Posted by drgonzo121 on April 26, 2008 at 5:44am

any news?

#2

Posted by intchanter on July 26, 2008 at 8:11pm

I just found this module because I was looking for exactly this type of functionality for D5 and D6. Obviously, the fact that it's not available for D6 yet has me motivated. I currently have the bandwidth to take this on, and would love to contribute in this way.

#3

Posted by pengi on July 29, 2008 at 5:01pm

Any news on movement towards a 6.x version of this module?

#4

Posted by greggles on July 30, 2008 at 9:57pm

What about joining forces (which is to say abandoning this module) in favor of "Backup and Migrate" module - http://drupal.org/project/backup_migrate

#5

Posted by psynaptic on August 20, 2008 at 11:38pm

I think backup_migrate lacks the ability to backup the file system.

#6

Posted by aleagi on August 28, 2008 at 12:37am

Yeah, it would be nice to have this great module ported to Drupal6!

Hope someone interested take it and port it!

#7

Posted by mohanjith on November 2, 2008 at 7:21pm

I'm interested in maintaining this module. If no one else has started I'll port it to Drupal 6.

It would be cool if we can add the ability to upload the backup to AWS S3 as well. :)

#8

Posted by greggles on November 2, 2008 at 8:30pm

@mohanjith - I decided not to work on this module in the end. Instead I used the http://drupal.org/project/backup_migrate module and have also used the Demo module http://drupal.org/project/demo - Demo is slightly different in purpose but includes a "backup" and "restore" capability...

#9

Posted by mohanjith on November 3, 2008 at 8:25am

I guess it's time to close this ticket. :)

#10

Posted by mohanjith on November 11, 2008 at 1:25am
Status:active» closed (won't fix)

#11

Posted by greggles on November 11, 2008 at 1:30am
Title:Seeking a new maintainer for this module» mark project as deprecated and point people at other solutions
Status:closed (won't fix)» active

How about a slightly more constructive solution.

This module has been abandoned. If you need it and want to upgrade it you can become the maintainer. If you are a user of this module and need another solution see:

http://drupal.org/project/backup_migrate
http://drupal.org/project/demo
http://drupal.org/project/fbu
http://drupal.org/project/backup_client_server

Not all of those are very well maintained, but...