Re: [Duplicity-talk] Backend API support

[edgar . soldin]

On 23.05.2016 08:38, Scott McKenzie via Duplicity-talk wrote:
> Hi list
> 
> I'm looking for some advice on which versions or how many versions of an API 
> a backend should reasonably support.  The Azure backend uses the Microsoft 
> Azure Storage SDK for Python (https://github.com/Azure/azure-storage-python) 
> which is under active development.  This means that API objects and methods 
> are a moving target.  I'm currently updating it to support the latest version 
> and it's looking a bit "messy".  There are a few hasattr() calls to determine 
> which objects to instantiate and which methods to call on those objects.
> 
> Does the duplicity project have any guidelines for this?  If so, please point 
> me towards them.

nope

> If not, how many versions do you think a backend should support?  Should the 
> supported/required versions be documented in the duplicity man page?

my take would be:
1. use a version/versions that is/are reasonably stable, that you use/tested
2. communicate the version(s) that the backend works w/ in the manpage
3. maybe add download locations if they are "hidden" for older versions 

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