Re: [Duplicity-talk] Compatibility questions between 0.5 and 0.6

[edgar . soldin]

> First, will the new 0.6.11 version be able to restore from a
> repository created by v0.5.20?

It should, but I wouldn't count on it and keep a 0.5.20 handy. Check 
http://duply.net/?title=Duply-documentation
to see how I keep different versions of duplicity.

> Second, are there any gotchas related to the changed --archive-dir
> option? Can I use the same archive directory that I was using with
> v0.5 (I assume so)?

The same. If you used '--old-filenames', '--short-filenames' or such, this 
could be troublesome.

Generally. The version number raise is a signal to you. Major changes happend, 
so a new full backup starting a chain to a new folder on your backend using a 
clean archive dir will keep the headaces away.
For the restoring part. It worked for me (just was curious). It doesn't have to 
for you. So either try it out or keep 0.5.20 somewhere.

good luck ..ede/duply.net