[Python-Dev] Historical backups?

Barry A. Warsaw barry@zope.com
Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:40:58 -0400


>>>>> "SR" == Sean Reifschneider <jafo-python-dev@tummy.com> writes:

    >> I'm assuming that XS4ALL is doing proper backups of the
    >> directory (~barry/archives on creosote), so I'm not too
    >> worried.

    SR> Based on my work doing backup audits for our clients, I'd have
    SR> to say that unless regular audits are done you probably
    SR> shouldn't count on them.  ;-/ You may want to run a test
    SR> recovery before being too confident in it...

I totally agree (we've been burned this way before too).  That's why I
cc'd Thomas. :)

(We can take this offline -- I doubt the grubby details will be of
much interest to python-dev.)

-Barry