Comment 2 for bug 126280

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Francesco Potortì (pot) wrote : Re: [Bug 126280] Re: sbackup time option "simple" time is obscure

>This "simply" option is meant for anacron . While using precisely you
>have to set the precise time for the backup, simply just ask you for a
>frequency (daily, monthly, weekly ) and will make the backup when the
>computer is found available for this ( some thing that precisely
>wouldn't do, if your computer is not up at the precise time, then it'll
>wait till the next scheduled time ).

This is good and, having more than some computer expertise, I had
guessed that this was the most probable meaning. But:
- I could not be sure, and not being sure about how your backups are
  made is a dangerous thing
- someone less expert than me could have guessed wrong, or not at all

>Then simply was a word I chose myself because I couldn't find another
>one that would have fit. If you have another one that is better then
>just propose and it'll be changed .

The word is right, and the functionality is good. But the
documentations is lacking. At the very least, a small comment should be
added under simply, like "do a backup with the given frequency as soon
as possible". Help popups for all the options would be useful. And
none of these is a substitute for real documentation.

Thank you for working on this very nice piece of software. I really
hope that you find the time and energy to improve it further.