Backups App

[tbsbdr]

• relates to: 2714602
• enable to run the app as extension
• provide an option to reuse components

[tbsbdr]

@elizavetaRa could you provide a pointer where we can experience what the app does?

[kulmann]

We discussed in a call that ownCloud will not implement the Backups app, but will provide component reusability as needed. @labkode @diocas @elizavetaRa please confirm.

@elizavetaRa @diocas please provide a full list of components and composables from the files app that are needed in a more generic way (= web-pkg).

[labkode]

Hi @kulman,

The list of components are available as imports in the following commit:
cernbox@2714602

[pascalwengerter]

Hi @kulman,

The list of components are available as imports in the following commit: cernbox@2714602

Just want to point out that this goes beyond the scope of "just four components imported" since

• it imports helpers, composables and more (search for 'web-app-files/ within packages/web-app-backups/src/components/BackupsSection.vue
• AppBar and ResourceTable both use further helpers/composables/components from the files app and interact with the store, which needs to be taken into consideration when estimating the complexity behind an extraction.

Not saying it's not possible though, I suppose an extension system would actually greatly benefit from having these available

[labkode]

@pascalwengerter in case it helps: owncloud/core#17610

[pascalwengerter]

@pascalwengerter in case it helps: owncloud/core#17610

Are you sure the link you provided is the right one? It doesn't fit to how the current project is set up or a modern approach to JS. What we will have to do to resolve #8281 (and thereby this issue) is to extract the used functionality into e.g. the web-pkg submodule and therefore make it available to extension developers

[JammingBen]

@jacob-nv CERN has some existing code for a backup app that can be found here: 2714602. The one issue: the main component BackupsSection contains a few imports & usages from web-app-files, which is a no-go. Therefore the plan is to remove that dependency from the app.

I'd suggest you start by creating a PR in our repo that implements the very same code (= create packages/web-app-backups). Then iterate over the imports from web-app-files and move this code to web-pkg (when it makes sense) so the app can make use of it.

The next iteration would be to move the app from our repo to https://github.com/cernbox/web-extensions.

[JammingBen]

Implemented via cernbox/web-extensions#21.