restic: the backup retention is a preference, today's 14/8/6 its default (hq issue 416, first half) #200

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mesh-admin merged 2 commits from fix/416-retention-and-log-rotation-are-preferences into main

2026-10-11 02:24:36 +00:00

Author	SHA1	Message	Date
jschoubben	ecf6d7803f	restic: say in each retention setting that lowering it deletes restore points for good, so the operator sees the cost before setting it (novox/hq issue 416) mesh/merge-gate pass: builds restic → ace, g14, novox, shanks; no bus step; every machine composes with the change as it did without (4 of 4 compose) Details mesh/repo-check pass: its merge-check.sh passed, each part in its toolchain: merge-check.sh (go), merge-check-typescript.sh (typescript) Details mesh/delivery delivered Details	2026-10-11 03:09:46 +02:00
jschoubben	39d5b25f95	restic: take the retention from the machine's settings, so a disk can keep more or fewer restore points without a new build (novox/hq issue 416) mesh/merge-gate pass: builds restic → ace, g14, novox, shanks; no bus step; every machine composes with the change as it did without (4 of 4 compose) Details mesh/repo-check pass: its merge-check.sh passed, each part in its toolchain: merge-check.sh (go), merge-check-typescript.sh (typescript) Details mesh/delivery superseded: a newer head of the same pull request Details The keep-daily, keep-weekly and keep-monthly preferences default to today's 14, 8 and 6. The night reads them from a file in its state and refuses anything but a count from 1 to 9999: it then thins nothing and says which setting is wrong, never handing a raw value to restic.	2026-10-11 03:04:52 +02:00