Re: cross-platform backup tool Usage of the

Hi Eric,

I would recommend to remove the ability to change the quoting, but would
move the feature into a migration action that would update the quoting on
existing repository. Similar to the deletion operation.

But it's clearly not a priority for me anyway.

On Sat., Dec. 11, 2021, 10:35 a.m. Eric L. Zolf, <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> while refactoring the code, I stumbled upon the (theoretical)
> possibility to change the quoting used in the repo with the option
> --override-chars-to-quote (i.e. replace the characters not allowed on
> the target filesystem of the repo with some code).
>
> According to my analysis, the option never worked as intended and I'm
> not surprised, it's quite a complex thing to do, so I would remove it,
> but I'd like to make sure I don't break someones daily job.
>
> Hence the survey under:
> https://webapp.oulu.fi/framadate/studs.php?poll=4eKjK3yF7t6ZtrnQ
>
> Answer asap please, so that I can take a decision.
>
> To be very clear, it's not about removing the ability to quote forbidden
> characters, it's about removing the possibility to change the quoting
> once the repo has been created.
>
> Thanks, Eric
>
> PS: I might re-add the feature later on, but currently it's a bummer.
>
>