Re: cross-platform backup tool First beta v2.1.2b1 release towards v2.2.0

[EricZolf]

Just like any other bug, as issue in Github.
Thanks, Eric

On September 14, 2022 1:19:35 AM UTC, Robert Nichols 
<rnicholsNOSPAM@comcast.net> wrote:
>On 9/13/22 12:40 AM, EricZolf wrote:
>> Hi Robert,
>> you actually don't really need to:
>> 
>> 1. you can test the beta against itself on localhost (if you have an SSH 
>> daemon on the machine where you've already installed rdiff-backup) or even 
>> using the tricks in the test scripts (check testing/commontest.py, e.g. the 
>> rdiff_backup function).
>> 2. actually, it's even better if you test the beta against 2.0.5, with which 
>> it should be compatible but we don't have those kind of tests in our 
>> pipeline.
>> 
>> Thanks for taking care, so or so,
>> Eric
>
>Where are bugs in this version being reported. In particular, the new 
>"--no-ssh-compression" and new/old "--null-separator" options are being 
>rejected in the new syntax.  I can still use the old syntax ("-b" instead of 
>"backup") and then "--ssh-no-compression" "--null-separator".
>