On Sat, May 26, 2007 at 01:18:52PM +0200, Daniel Baumann wrote: > Marc Haber wrote: > > rdiff-backup being written in pythion does not make backporting and > > forwardporting any easier. > > I beg to differ. > > Backporting rdiff-backup is easy and was done by me for the > sarge-backports suite on backports.org in the past.
Backporting python apps is always a terrible pain caused by the horrible mess the Debian python packages are. > > I would like to ask to have multiple rdiff-backup packages in Debian > > so that interoperability between different Debian OSses and even > > between non-Debian and Debian OSses can be achieved. Not even being > > compatible between Debian stable and unstable is not acceptable, IMO. > > As you can read in the BTS of rdiff-backup, I went with the development > version to not have to keep a pile of patches arround which got applied > in the development tree. I do not think that is acceptable for a critical application as a backup app. > Once 1.2 branch will be released, I'll stick with that branch on > unstable/testing (as said on the BTS too). Which will make Debian unstable incompatible once more with Debian stable. > Unfortunately, upstream did not manage to open stable 1.2 branch in the > meanwhile. What is the current status of upstream development? > > Please advise how you intend to address this issue which comes up > > repeatedly once in a while. > > As said on the BTS and pointed out above again, my 'advise' is to use > the same rdiff-backup version on the client and the server; and to use > backports in case any of the two machines are running stable. I am unsure whether this is acceptable. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
