Re: [Duplicity-talk] sftp: "File size can't be validated..." warning

[edgar . soldin]

On 30.03.2024 13:17, Thomas Laubrock via Duplicity-talk wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I agree, the message is less useful than I expected.
> But it is only a symptom. I think the validation step which triggers this 
> message is not the right way to do it. The put method of the backend should be 
> implemented that it doesn't require this validation. Especially as this 
> validation is optional.

and because it is optional, just an additional verification, it should not 
bother the average user. originally duplicity did not verify sizes afaik.

> So my suggestion is not simply remove the message, but rethink what this 
> validation is trying to archive.

sure, but for now i'd vote for stopping unsettling users without an actual need 
to do so ;)

suny regards ..ede