[Python-Dev] Historical backups? (original) (raw)

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