[pbs-devel] [RFC PATCH proxmox-backup 0/5] add 'protected' setting for snapshots

[Dietmar Maurer]

> > * would we want to protect also against manual removal ? or
> >  'remove-vanished' on sync?
> 
> Would make sense as long as we allow to "unprotect" it, that's how we do it for guests
> in PVE too. IMO it's weird/unexpected to mark it protected and allow some API mechanisms
> to still remove it.

I would not consider the protected flag for syncs, i.e:
- do not sync the protected flag itself
- remove vanished backups even with protected flag set (to be in sync with source)