Re: [Tails-dev] "Back Up Persistent Storage" dialogue text i…

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Author: sajolida
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To: The Tails public development discussion list
Subject: Re: [Tails-dev] "Back Up Persistent Storage" dialogue text is misleading; here's a suggested alternative
David A. Wheeler:
> Hi, I have a minor nit/suggestion for
> Application -> System Tools -> Back Up Persistent Storage.
>
> After using it a bit, I've concluded that the
> *functionality* works well, but that the text of the dialogue boxes are misleading.
> Some of its current text suggests that it's updating the OS, not the persistent data.
> This misleading text might cause confusion for new users, and we
> don't want them confused when backing up things!


Hi,

These are all excellent suggestions, thanks!

I didn't use or test this utility enough to realize this pretty clear
confusion :(

Can you check
https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/merge_requests/995/diffs?

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sajolida
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