Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup 1.1.x as stable?

[Andrew Ferguson]

Andreas Olsson wrote:
> Are there any plans or timetable or releasing/declaring the 1.1-branch of 
> rdiff-backup as stable? I believe I remember something about that being 
> mentioned on this list a month ago or so.
> 
> For my own personal use I definitely concider rdiff-backup 1.1.14 stable 
> enough, but since I run it on a few servers it is nice to have a clear line 
> when it is time to upgrade. Especially since rdiff-backup does seem to play 
> best when there are the same versions on both ends.

Hi Andreas,

A bug was discovered in 1.1.14 in August: the regular expression for
quoting is actually much better in 1.0.x! I have fixed the bug in CVS,
but have held off releasing a 1.1.15 because I want to implement a
feature that will automatically re-quote your rdiff-backup repository
for you when the quoting requirements change (so that you don't have to
delete your old repository and start over).

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to test that feature rigorously yet,
or backport it to make it compatible with Python 2.3 (it uses a Python
2.4-only feature). I returned to school last month and since then have
been very busy. I hope that over the December holidays I can fix-up that
code and test it rigorously before release. I will also look into the
various bug reports that have popped-up on the mailing list during that
time (unless someone else handles them first).

Andrew

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