Re: [rdiff-backup-users] feature suggestions

[aurbain]

BDV wrote:
> Hello,
>
> 1. Clean escape in case of a version mismatch
> If rdiff-backup detects a difference in the rdiff-backup versions used in a 
> network setup, it should print a error message and exit. 
> Now it prints a warning and crashes. Due to the python dump, newbies get the 
> impression rdiff-backup is unstable software.
>
> 2. backwards compatibility
> I know this is hard to implement. But in a large network, you can't live 
> without. (think http 1.0 and http 1.1, ssh 1 and 2)
> That's my suggestion for future versions. Provide some level of compatibility 
> between stable releases of rdiff-backup. So you only have to upgrade the 
> rdiff-backup install on you backup server(s).
>   

We eliminate the client completely by installing rdiff only on backup 
server and mount remote boxes via fuse and sshfs.  Simple.  Works great.



> Thanks,
>
> BDV
>
>
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