Default steam folder exclusion too large

As deja-dup project seems more or less inactive, and can't be used as a reliable backup for steam users, I suggest everyone affected to use "Back in time". With this software :
- backup settings can be changed
- backup operation eats a lot less CPU, adn is faster (for me)
- data is easy to access, you don't even need the backup software

This one is tricky because steamapps isn't the only content in that directory that we don't care about. ubuntu12_32 is 1.1G on my system.

That whole directory is a mix of local user data and downloaded package data. With no documentation.

I'm inclined to leave the situation alone for now. But if someone can propose a way to deal with that directly intelligently & automatically, I'm all ears.

Hello, it's nice to see a reply, even after 3 years !

I explained a simple workaround in the bug description :
"As a workaround I tried (with déjà-dup settings) to override ~/.steam/root by explicitly listing it in "Folders to save".
It doesn't work !
=> 2/ Is it possible to allow this kind of manual override ?"
To put it simply : let the user have the "final cut" about what to backup. Don't hide default exclusions.

I understand you don't want to code it, fine.

But if you care a bit about ubuntu users (as far as I know, deja-dup is still ubuntu official backup tool), you should put a BIG warning (somewhere it can't be missed : in deja-dup settings ?) saying :

"This software is NOT recommended for steam users. It will NEVER backup your steam data, including save files"

We might want this in the proposed new UI as one of the default options.

Call it "Steam directory" and set the default to "off". If users want to include it, they can switch it to "on".

I was unpleasantly surprised by this feature today, when I tried to restore my home directory. I'd like to second #5. I think that would be a good solution.