Daniel Webb wrote: > Yes, the development (1.1.5) doesn't play nice with the stable (1.0.3), I was > unclear. The problem is that rdiff-backup in Debian in incompatible with > rdiff-backup in other distros (like Gentoo) that use the stable branch. I run > sarge, but I'm trading backups with a friend running Gentoo, so I did an > apt-get source to create up to date packages so we wouldn't be using much > different versions, and it was a surprise to find out they still didn't work > together because Debian doesn't use the stable branch. That's up to you to > decide which ones go in unstable I guess.
The version in sarge even don't work with newer (>= 1.0) versions, so actually in any case, you have to update/adjust at least one system if using two or more heterogenous distributions (distributions in the sense of diffrent debian releases as well as diffrent linux distributions). Second, unstable/testing is a development area of debian.. it does not have to be compatible with sarge. > Thanks, I didn't know about that. Still, the fact remains that the packages > in Debian (including the backports) are not compatible with other distros that > use the stable branch. I can't really argue that my friend should change > versions, since it makes more sense to me to put the stable branch in a > distro. I have no influence on other linux distribution and I must admitt, it's amazing to know that Gentoo doesn't use the latest and greatest software around, at least in this very package :) However, this is just a temporal situation: either the development releases of rdiff-backup are fixed upstream to work with the stable ones, or, there will be a new stable release branch (1.2.x I assume). > Do they have a "clarification" classification for bugs? This wasn't really a > bug, but I probably wasn't the only person wondering. I leave the bug as it is for information purpose. Since the BTS supports user-defined tags, just add it if you like (doesn't matter to me). Regards, Daniel -- Address: Daniel Baumann, Burgunderstrasse 3, CH-4562 Biberist Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet: http://people.panthera-systems.net/~daniel-baumann/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
