bzr-1.7rc1 bzr branch --stacked problem/question

[David Ingamells]

On closer examination of the bzr messages, it looks like the problem is 
that bzr branch --stacked has not been updated to use format 1.6.1 
instead of the killed format 1.6:

Source format does not support stacking, using format: '1.6'
  Packs 5 (adds stacking support, requires bzr 1.6)


David Ingamells wrote:
> The following command works with bzr-1.6.1 where bzr info gives the 
> following about the repos:
>
> Repository branch (format: pack-0.92)
> Location:
>   shared repository: /home/CmsRoot/repos/CVTOOL
>   repository branch: .
>
>
>
> bzr branch --verbose --stacked bzr+ssh://mscvs01/<path> <to>
>
>
>
> However with bzr-1.7rc1 the following error arises:
>
>
> Source format does not support stacking, using format: '1.6'
>   Packs 5 (adds stacking support, requires bzr 1.6)
>
> bzr: ERROR: The branch 'file://<to>'(Bazaar Branch Format 6 (bzr 0.15)) 
> is not a stackable format. You will need to upgrade the branch to permit 
> branch stacking.
> bzrbranch returned status 3
> FATAL: command branch failed with status 3
>  
>
> since bzr is MAKING the named branch why does it then complain that the 
> format is no good?
>
> Do I need to upgrade the repos to use --stacked now?
>
>