Added more explanation to version test failure

git-svn-id: http://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/svn/rdiff-backup/trunk@554 2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/rdiff-backup/rdiff_backup/SetConnections.py b/rdiff-backup/rdiff_backup/SetConnections.py
index fb23a1c..9341db9 100644
--- a/rdiff-backup/rdiff_backup/SetConnections.py
+++ b/rdiff-backup/rdiff_backup/SetConnections.py
@@ -232,6 +232,11 @@ def test_connection(conn_number):
 	if not version == Globals.version:
 		print """Server may work, but there is a version mismatch:
 Local version: %s
-Remote version: %s""" % (Globals.version, version)
-	else: print "Server OK"
+Remote version: %s
 
+In general, an attempt is made to guarantee compatibility only between
+different minor versions of the same stable series.  For instance, you
+should expect 0.12.4 and 0.12.7 to be compatible, but not 0.12.7
+and 0.13.3, nor 0.13.2 and 0.13.4.
+""" % (Globals.version, version)
+	else: print "Server OK"