Strange problem with bzr 1.6.1 (and 1.7rc1)

[Andrew Bennetts]

Mattias Eriksson wrote:
> I have bzr 1.6.1 on both client and server.
[...]
> and gets:
> bzr: ERROR: KnitPackRepository('file:///tmp/nice_branch/.bzr/repository/')
> is not compatible with
> RemoteRepository(bzr+ssh://host/repo/nice_branch/.bzr/)
> different rich-root support

This is <https://bugs.launchpad.net/bzr/+bug/269214>.  It happens with the smart
protocol and remote shared repository.  For some reason in that case the local
standalone branch is always made in pack-0.92 format.

I've marked that bug as Critical; I think it's probably serious enough that we
want this fixed in a release fairly quickly.  If it's not in 1.7 (and given that
it's not a regression from 1.6.1, I don't think it's necessary that we should
delay 1.7 for this), then it's probably worth doing a 1.7.1 for this.

I haven't tried to diagnose the cause yet (it's already Friday evening here).

-Andrew.