Re: Discussion about file format for the future

2020-06-09 Thread Eric L. Zolf
Hi, to close this discussion, I've created an enhancement request #399 but don't hold your breath, it's not yet on the priority list. KR, Eric https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup/issues/399 On 09/06/2020 22:51, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Tuesday, June 09, 2020 12:30:24 PM Robert

Re: Obsolescence Python 3.5 support plan

2020-06-09 Thread Eric L. Zolf
Hi Derek, On 09/06/2020 16:24, Derek Atkins wrote: > EricZolf writes: > >> Actually, while writing this e-mail, I checked the code and noticed that >> it's enforcing pickle version 1 so the issue isn't the pickle protocol, >> the issue is solely the bytes vs. str vs. unicode change between

Re: Discussion about file format for the future

2020-06-09 Thread rhkramer
On Tuesday, June 09, 2020 12:30:24 PM Robert Nichols wrote: > On 6/9/20 9:44 AM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > In the case of rdiff-back, it wouldn't surprise me that diffs (deltas) > > are stored as forward deltas, and, in removing old deltas, a new "base" > > must be created before deleting the

Re: Discussion about file format for the future

2020-06-09 Thread Robert Nichols
On 6/9/20 9:44 AM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: In the case of rdiff-back, it wouldn't surprise me that diffs (deltas) are stored as forward deltas, and, in removing old deltas, a new "base" must be created before deleting the deltas. (My words probably aren't exactly correct, I hope they are

Re: Discussion about file format for the future

2020-06-09 Thread rhkramer
On Tuesday, June 09, 2020 10:19:39 AM Derek Atkins wrote: > EricZolf writes: > > 3. to answer Derek's e-mail as well: would it have an impact on speed? > > To be honest, no clue, we would need to analyze this. > > Just as another data point, apparently a year ago my backup server > wasn't

Re: Discussion about file format for the future

2020-06-09 Thread Dominic Raferd
On Tue, 9 Jun 2020 at 15:28, Derek Atkins wrote: > > EricZolf writes: > > > 3. to answer Derek's e-mail as well: would it have an impact on speed? > > To be honest, no clue, we would need to analyze this. > > Just as another data point, apparently a year ago my backup server > wasn't backing

Re: Discussion about file format for the future

2020-06-09 Thread Derek Atkins
EricZolf writes: > 3. to answer Derek's e-mail as well: would it have an impact on speed? > To be honest, no clue, we would need to analyze this. Just as another data point, apparently a year ago my backup server wasn't backing stuff up, so for the past few days my nightly backup hasn't had

Re: Obsolescence Python 3.5 support plan

2020-06-09 Thread Derek Atkins
EricZolf writes: > Actually, while writing this e-mail, I checked the code and noticed that > it's enforcing pickle version 1 so the issue isn't the pickle protocol, > the issue is solely the bytes vs. str vs. unicode change between python > 2 and 3. There is not much we could have done about it