[Server-devel] ds-backup - help with a trial happening right now

[Michael Stone]

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 12:12:48PM +1200, Martin Langhoff wrote:
>Hi Pia!
>
>On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 11:51 AM, greebo <greebo at waugh.id.au> wrote:
>> project however I'm rolling out 703 imaged laptops as we need them to the
>> stable for this deploymeent and apparently the software doesn't work on
>> 703.
>>
>> Can anyone help me out with this?
>
>Unfortunately not - 

People do occasionally volunteer, you know. It's fine to say that _you_
are too busy, but please don't speak for everyone.

>the internals of the datastore on the laptop
>(datastore is the back-end of the journal) need an update that has not
>been tested on 703.  

I believe that may be the only update made to the DS since 703 and I
doubt it depends on anything but a JSON library.

>> The trial is the first 100% saturation in the world, and as I am leaving in
>> 2 days I was hoping to have it fairly done by the time I leave, hwoever I
>> can always return if necessary or work with the local people to make
>> updates.
>
>That is the best path, probably. As soon as 8.2.0 is released - not
>too far away! - upgrade the laptops to v8.2.0 . and there is a good
>chance that the server side of the DS-backup will be end-user-friendly
>too.

Alternately, go your own way and see if you can drum up the volunteer
labor required to perform the backport, perhaps after you return from
your travels!

Michael