On Oct 19, 2012, at 4:59 PM, Edward Ned Harvey (opensolarisisdeadlongliveopensolaris) <opensolarisisdeadlongliveopensola...@nedharvey.com> wrote:
>> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- >> boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Richard Elling >> >>> At some point, people will bitterly regret some "zpool upgrade" with no way >>> back. >> >> uhm... and how is that different than anything else in the software world? > > No attempt at backward compatibility, and no downgrade path, not even by > going back to an older snapshot before the upgrade. ZFS has a stellar record of backwards compatibility. The only break with backwards compatibility I can recall was a bug fix in the send stream somewhere around opensolaris b34. Perhaps you are confusing backwards compatibility with forwards compatibility? -- richard -- richard.ell...@richardelling.com +1-760-896-4422
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