Re: [Duplicity-talk] Do I need to upgrade from v0.6.01 to latest version?

[edgar . soldin]

On 06.11.2012 16:13, howard chen wrote:
> Hi
> 
> On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 10:16 PM, Michael Terry <address@hidden 
> <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
> 
>     I would upgrade to at least 0.6.14 to avoid data loss issues.  But while 
> you're at it, you might as well go the whole way.
> 
> 
> 
> So do you mean version before 0.6.14 has issue with data loss and should not 
> be used anymore?
> Actually I really hope that is a version string in the homepage telling 
> people the min. version of duplicity withou critical bug discovered to 
> prevent you from doing a flawless backup, so people can easily know the 
> version is having a problem and consider if they really need to upgrade..
> 
> It is okay to have bug in software, just a easy way to keep people alerted...
> 

i see your point. please check the changelog about tackled bugs/issues. that 
what it's there for. afair there was a bigger issue before 0.6.14.

eventually: data safety should be your personal concern first and foremost. 
hence, do you verify your backups periodically to make sure there are still 
intact? even if there's a bug, the duplicity verify routine will most probably 
tell you that your backup got corrupted.

..ede