Re: Feature request: a real backup/restore system for svn.

Branko Čibej <brane@xbc.nu> writes:

> > * it's completely specific to BDB. fsfs needs no such thing, and a
> > future SQL backend will already have its own tools for backup.
> >
> >
> So what? Face it: real-life backup strategies, at least those that are
> efficient, will _always_ be backend-specific. For example, nobody in
> their right mind would use some Subversion tool to back up their SQL
> database -- they'll use the database's own backup tools. "svnadmin
> hotcopy" simply happens to be a BDB-specific backup tool.

Nobody in their right mind would use some Subversion tool to back up
their Berkeley DB database -- they'll use the database's own back
tool. Like, say, db_chkpoint, db_recover and db_archive. :-)

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Received on Fri Jun 18 04:36:10 2004