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Restore doesn't restore plugins versions. (#4618)
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* Restore doesn't restore plugins versions.

It isn't obvious that restore doesn't restore plugin version.

* Update docs/bundledplugins/backup.rst

Co-authored-by: Charlie Powell <31997505+cp2004@users.noreply.github.com>
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The OctoPrint Backup Plugin comes bundled with OctoPrint (starting with 1.3.10).

It allows the creation and restoration [#1]_ of backups of OctoPrint's settings, data and installed plugins [#2]_.
It allows the creation and restoration [#1]_ of backups of OctoPrint's settings, data and installed plugins [#2]_
(but doesn't restore the same plugins versions [#3]_).

This allows easy migration
to newly setup instances as well as making regular backups to prevent data loss.
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.. [#2] Note that only those plugins that are available on `OctoPrint's official plugin repository <https://plugins.octoprint.org>`_
can be automatically restored. If you have plugins installed that are not available on there you'll get their
names and - if available - homepage URL displayed after restore in order to be able to manually reinstall them.
.. [#3] Note that the restore process will install the latest possible versions of the plugins instead of the version that was installed at backup
creation time.

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