> If we keep it, let's decide what new tables can be ignored when restoring
> backwards and what ones are mandatory and thus should raise an error. We
> may also consider going half-way and limiting the backward restore to the
> one prior ODS version -- this will also simplifies the code a lot.
We keep it, but only support backward restore to previous major ODS version.
That approach would allow backward restore to any previous FB version, although
thru a cumbersome multiple restore path. If need to restore from v4 to v2.5,
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