[Box Backup-dev] Re: [Box Backup] Win32 port

[Ben Summers]

On 5 Dec 2005, at 17:47, Martin Ebourne wrote:

> Chris Wilson <chris@qwirx.com> wrote:
>>    I'm no bdb guru, but is db4 not backwards-compatible with previous
>>    versions? Shouldn't it be possible to write the code so that it  
>> works
>>    with any version of bdb?
>
> No, it isn't.
>
> I'm not sure what the rationale is for using 1.85 (? from memory).

Pre-installed on most *BSD systems by default, so less hassles on the  
primary target platform of OpenBSD. Just a project history thing.


> I would prefer to port to V4 fully unless there are good reasons. I  
> can only assume it is because bdb is notorious for having binary  
> incompatible data files between releases, and therefore a lot of  
> people pick a version and stick with it. I'm not sure that really  
> matters for box, since the files are only really a cache anyway.

I would prefer it at least retained the option of using the older  
version.

Ben