--- a/profilemanager/manager.py	Wed Apr 14 16:07:20 2010 -0700
+++ b/profilemanager/manager.py	Wed May 05 17:08:47 2010 -0700
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 from utils import format_tabular
 from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser as ConfigParser
 
+# Changes to profiles.ini:
+# - add a ``backups`` field for each profile:
+# Backups = /path/to/backup:1273104310 /path/to/other/backup:1273104355
+
 class ProfileNotFound(Exception):
     """
     exception when a profile is specified but is not present in a given
@@ -46,18 +50,6 @@
             retval.append(values)
         return format_tabular(retval)
 
-    def backups(self, profile=None):
-        """
-        list backups for a given profile, or all profiles if the
-        profile is not given;  returns a list of backups if
-        profile is given or a dictionary of lists otherwise
-        """
-        if profile is None:
-            # all profiles
-            retval = {}
-            return retval
-        # TODO
-
     def clone(self, source, dest, hash=True):
         """
         clones the profile `source` and output to `dest`
@@ -90,6 +82,18 @@
         # `Backup=$(profile)s.$(datestamp)s.bak`
         # to self.profiles
 
+    def backups(self, profile=None):
+        """
+        list backups for a given profile, or all profiles if the
+        profile is not given;  returns a list of backups if
+        profile is given or a dictionary of lists otherwise
+        """
+        if profile is None:
+            # all profiles
+            retval = {}
+            return retval
+        # TODO
+
     def restore(self, profile, date=None, delete=False):
         """
         restore the profile from a backup
@@ -99,12 +103,17 @@
         """
 
         # get the possible backups
-        # TODO
+        backups = self.backups(profile)
+        # TODO: check to see if these all exist (print warnings if not)
 
         # restore the backup over ``profile``
 
         if delete: # delete the backup
-            pass
+            # delete the directory
+            # delete the entry from ``profiles.ini``
+            # if there are no backups, delete the ``backups`` line
+            pass #TODO
+        
 
     def merge(self, output, *profiles):
         """merge a set of profiles (not trivial!)"""