Re: [rdiff-backup-users] State of the rdiff-backup project

[Marc Haber]

On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 08:43:53PM +0200, Claus-Justus Heine wrote:
> There are some shortcomings, some missing distro support (why the heck
> is using all of the Debian related world still V1.2.8? Hey)

The debian package tracker refers to http://rdiff-backup.nongnu.org/
as the upstream home page, which lists 1.2.8 as current stable release
and 1.3.3, from 2009, as development/unstable version.

There is no bug report advising about a new project homepage or about
a new stable release in the Debian bug tracker system.

Generally, if a project changes its home page, it's a good idea to at
least have the old address point to the new one so that people pick up
the new developent. In case of rdiff-backup, either of this didn't
happen.

Greetings
Marc, who stopped rdiff-backup after a new upstream version broke
backwards compatiblity to history and the proposed solution was to
throw away history and to start over in earnest

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