Bug#426110: rdiff-backup: please consider versioning the packages and packaging a stable upstream version

2007-05-26 Thread Marc Haber
Package: rdiff-backup Version: 1.1.9-2 Severity: normal Hi, rdiff-backup upstream has the habit of changing the network protocol once in a while without caring much for compatibility. This has in the past more than once made it impossible to back up a host running Debian unstable to a host runnin

Bug#426110: rdiff-backup: please consider versioning the packages and packaging a stable upstream version

2007-05-26 Thread Daniel Baumann
Marc Haber wrote: > rdiff-backup being written in pythion does not make backporting and > forwardporting any easier. I beg to differ. Backporting rdiff-backup is easy and was done by me for the sarge-backports suite on backports.org in the past. For etch-backports, there are currently disagreeme

Bug#426110: rdiff-backup: please consider versioning the packages and packaging a stable upstream version

2007-05-26 Thread Marc Haber
On Sat, May 26, 2007 at 01:18:52PM +0200, Daniel Baumann wrote: > Marc Haber wrote: > > rdiff-backup being written in pythion does not make backporting and > > forwardporting any easier. > > I beg to differ. > > Backporting rdiff-backup is easy and was done by me for the > sarge-backports suite o

Bug#426110: rdiff-backup: please consider versioning the packages and packaging a stable upstream version

2007-05-26 Thread Daniel Baumann
Marc Haber wrote: > Backporting python apps is always a terrible pain caused by the > horrible mess the Debian python packages are. Again, backporting rdiff-backup is easy. Do not mix this with your aversion to 'python-in-debian-packaging-policies'. >> Unfortunately, upstream did not manage to op