borg-import needs more love

[ThomasWaldmann]

Just wanted to point at another borg related project that could get a bit more love by the borg collective:

borg-import is intended to be used mainly by people switching to borg, so they can convert their past backups into borg repos. as the basic architecture of borg-import is rather generic, it could be also used for other scenarios.

of course borg-import shares some fundamental issues with other "use once" tools: there is no ongoing personal interest, as everybody only needs it once (or few) times (and sometimes that one potential used is solved differently by some quickly hacked own script).

but maybe some borg users who want to contribute and work on some relatively easy problems which do not require in-depth knowledge of borgbackup internals could contribute to borg-import, making it easier for future borg adopters.

https://github.com/borgbackup/borg-import/issues

[NayanJD]

Hi! I am good in Python and Java languages. I have experiences with web development and had previously toyed around with PyGame library. However, I have never worked on issues on Github (however, i know git common commands) or contributed to OSS before.

So, I would be happy to contribute to this issue.

[ThomasWaldmann]

@NayanJD sure, just try it and make a pull request to get feedback.

[magdymaher129]

Hi! I am good in Python , Java and c# languages. I have experiences with web development with django and had previously experiences with numpy library. However, I have little work on issues on Github So, I would be happy to contribute to this issue.

[ThomasWaldmann]

Sure, just do it. :)

[jgthomas]

Hi, I've forked and am currently working on a new README, will submit a pull request soon. If/when accepted I'll work on the other documentation, then maybe some of the code fixes or features. I've also packaged it for my distro (Arch, AUR) to make my testing easier.

This would be my first contribution to an open source project, and I've used Borg for my backups for several years now, so happy to have found something I feel I can help the project with.

[ThomasWaldmann]

Before doing bigger docs changes, talk about them.

Some things might have a reason why they are as they are.

[jgthomas]

For sure, have only worked on the readme so far, and was not going to do anything else until I'd submitted pull request and it was clear I was thinking in the right way.

[AbhinavS99]

@ThomasWaldmann is the issue still open?

[ThomasWaldmann]

@AbhinavS99 sure!

[RF-Tar-Railt]

Maybe I can work on this

[ThomasWaldmann]

@RF-Tar-Railt Sure, see above!