Subject: Re: [bug#29578] [PATCH] gnu: virtualization: Add qmpbackup.

From: Leo Famulari <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2017 13:59:44 -0500

On Tue, Dec 05, 2017 at 08:26:15AM +0100, Rutger Helling wrote:
> Hey Guix, 
> 
> This patch adds qmpbackup.

> From 46a7ca3cf49e11f13f5df15d6ef50aec8d4f09e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Rutger Helling <[email-masked]>
> Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2017 08:19:21 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: virtualization: Add qmpbackup.
> 
> * gnu/packages/virtualization.scm (qmpbackup): New variable.

Thanks! Pushed as f46a3523de7e4816a340e48eaba68f11361beec8 with the
following changes:

diff --git a/gnu/packages/virtualization.scm b/gnu/packages/virtualization.scm
index 4b8daa53c..85563dde6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/virtualization.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/virtualization.scm
@@ -704,9 +704,8 @@ mainly implemented in user space.")
     (arguments
      `(#:python ,python-2))
     (home-page "https://github.com/abbbi/qmpbackup")
-    (synopsis "Create live full and incremental backups via QMP")
-    (description "qmpbackup is designed to create live full and
-incremental backups of running qemu virtual machines via the QMP
-protocol.  It makes use of the dirty-bitmap feature introduced in later
-qemu versions.")
+    (synopsis "Backup and restore QEMU machines")
+    (description "qmpbackup is designed to create and restore full and
+incremental backups of running QEMU virtual machines via QMP, the QEMU
+Machine Protocol.")
     (license gpl3+)))