No longer prevent old versions from being restored in backup

CURA-5983

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/cura/Backups/Backup.py b/cura/Backups/Backup.py
index 714d6527fe..399a4ea7b0 100644
--- a/cura/Backups/Backup.py
+++ b/cura/Backups/Backup.py
@@ -116,12 +116,13 @@ class Backup:
 
         current_version = self._application.getVersion()
         version_to_restore = self.meta_data.get("cura_release", "master")
-        if current_version != version_to_restore:
-            # Cannot restore version older or newer than current because settings might have changed.
-            # Restoring this will cause a lot of issues so we don't allow this for now.
+
+        if current_version < version_to_restore:
+            # Cannot restore version newer than current because settings might have changed.
+            Logger.log("d", "Tried to restore a Cura backup of version {version_to_restore} with cura version {current_version}".format(version_to_restore = version_to_restore, current_version = current_version))
             self._showMessage(
                 self.catalog.i18nc("@info:backup_failed",
-                                   "Tried to restore a Cura backup that does not match your current version."))
+                                   "Tried to restore a Cura backup that is higher than the current version."))
             return False
 
         version_data_dir = Resources.getDataStoragePath()