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

On 2004-06-18 09:41:01 -0500, kfogel@collab.net wrote:
> I'm very glad for this thread. The point that backup tools are always
> backend-specific makes me think we don't need an 'svnadmin dump'
> solution. Rather, something based on today's hotcopy might work fine,
> as long as we doc its limitation carefully, make it warn if logfile
> autoremoval is turned on, and it does its best to detect problems when
> the backup actually happens.

In case of hardware failure for instance, one may need to change
the server, and perhaps use a different backend. If backup tools
are backend-specific, how could this work?

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