[Box Backup] Release Candidate 3

Chris Wilson boxbackup at fluffy.co.uk
Sun Feb 19 17:40:52 GMT 2006


Hi Ben,

On Sun, 19 Feb 2006, Ben Summers wrote:

> I "broke" backwards compatibility by bumping the protocol number 
> because...
>
> * A 0.10 server will appear talk to a 0.09 server just fine.

Sorry, what I meant was, is there no way that the server can be made to 
accept clients with a protocol version older than the highest one it 
supports, if there are no backwards-incompatible changes in the protocol, 
as is the case here?

Forcing the server and client protocol versions to match exactly, while 
conservative, is a real pain for server operators and users, IMHO.

Cheers, Chris.
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