linuxmint / linuxmint/timeshift
Please add the feature to delete old btrfs system snapshots!
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Description
Please add the feature to delete old btrfs system snapshots! To be able to choose how many recent pictures to keep, for example: 1, 3, 5, unlimited. Thanks in advance!
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Research direction
Start by tracing the existing BTRFS snapshot and scheduled-snapshot handling described by the project. Determine where snapshot retention is configured and how old snapshots are identified, then verify that selectable retention values such as 1, 3, 5, or unlimited are honored without removing newer snapshots.
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- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100