Downgrading / reverting to a lower version

[AimoE]

@ts678

Based on what I wrote (assuming I wrote/re-read it right), latest experimental and latest canary should play fine on DB version. Presumably move forward to next beta would also work

Good.

@ts678

you gave a thought in some topic that you got an update in violation of the channel plan

I didn’t get update, I got notification about the new beta, and even though I have already dismissed the notification, I got it again, possibly after rebooting. I already updated my release channel setting, but that didn’t help with the notification, I still got it. This insistence may trick some users, I warn you.

@ts678

So while I’m not making a firm promise, Duplicati doesn’t AFAIK handle multiple DB versions at once. Its solution is to upgrade (as required) on first use (unless it does everything in sight – look at your results).

The “on first use” part here is what worries me, so let me rephrase my question: does the “first use” of each db happen before doing anything else or can it happen when Duplicati has already done something for the job run at hands?

If I cannot trust that all db version checks precede all other steps, then I will have to try the code excavation route, but I don’t particularly like being pushed into it.