[Box Backup] Release Candidate 3

[Ben Summers]

On 19 Feb 2006, at 17:40, Chris Wilson wrote:

> 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?

I think I answered that. Yes it could, but writing it to a level of  
quality that gives a sufficient level of confidence in the end result  
would be rather time consuming.

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

Yes, it's not ideal.

Ben