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  1. Changelog
  2. =========
  3. Version 0.30.1
  4. --------------
  5. Compatibility / maintenance notes:
  6. - Python 3.2 is dead and everybody is dropping support for it.
  7. Python 3.3 is rather old and not feeling too well either.
  8. - Thus, 0.30.x is the last borgbackup version that is compatible with python
  9. 3.2 and 3.3, all 1.x.x releases require python 3.4 or 3.5.
  10. - 1.0.0rc1 is already released, use that (and later 1.x.x), if possible.
  11. - 0.30.x releases will get a few critical fixes, so you can use them for
  12. a while, but do not expect 0.30.x to be maintained for a long time.
  13. Neither will any new features be added in 0.30.x.
  14. Nor will any minor/cosmetic bugs be fixed in 0.30.x.
  15. - There will be no binary releases for 0.30.x - just use the 1.x.x releases
  16. if you want a binary.
  17. - The 1.x.x binaries include python 3.5, so using them might be an option for
  18. older systems that do not have python >= 3.4.
  19. - Alternatively, you can always install python 3.4 or 3.5 to /usr/local/bin
  20. (make altinstall) without causing issues/conflicts with your system python.
  21. Bug fixes:
  22. - seeking to an invalid position is an IOError in python 3.2, #621
  23. - Cache: fix exception handling in __init__, release lock, #610
  24. Other changes:
  25. - allow llfuse version 0.41.x, #642
  26. - document and automate llfuse requirement (setup.py / requirements.d/fuse.txt)
  27. - require msgpack==0.4.6 - no python 3.2 support in 0.4.7+
  28. Missing in 0.30.0 change log:
  29. - Vagrantfile: avoid pkg-config missing error msg on netbsd
  30. - add chunks.archive.d trick to FAQ
  31. - Vagrantfile: remove python 3.2, use older pip/venv for trusty
  32. pyenv installs latest virtualenv/pip that is not compatible with py 3.2 any more
  33. Version 0.30.0
  34. --------------
  35. Compatibility notes:
  36. - you may need to use -v (or --info) more often to actually see output emitted
  37. at INFO log level (because it is suppressed at the default WARNING log level).
  38. See the "general" section in the usage docs.
  39. - for borg create, you need --list (additionally to -v) to see the long file
  40. list (was needed so you can have e.g. --stats alone without the long list)
  41. - see below about BORG_DELETE_I_KNOW_WHAT_I_AM_DOING (was:
  42. BORG_CHECK_I_KNOW_WHAT_I_AM_DOING)
  43. Bug fixes:
  44. - fix crash when using borg create --dry-run --keep-tag-files, #570
  45. - make sure teardown with cleanup happens for Cache and RepositoryCache,
  46. avoiding leftover locks and TEMP dir contents, #285 (partially), #548
  47. - fix locking KeyError, partial fix for #502
  48. - log stats consistently, #526
  49. - add abbreviated weekday to timestamp format, fixes #496
  50. - strip whitespace when loading exclusions from file
  51. - unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH before invoking ssh, fixes strange OpenSSL library
  52. version warning when using the borg binary, #514
  53. - add some error handling/fallback for C library loading, #494
  54. - added BORG_DELETE_I_KNOW_WHAT_I_AM_DOING for check in "borg delete", #503
  55. - remove unused "repair" rpc method name
  56. New features:
  57. - borg create: implement exclusions using regular expression patterns.
  58. - borg create: implement inclusions using patterns.
  59. - borg extract: support patterns, #361
  60. - support different styles for patterns:
  61. - fnmatch (`fm:` prefix, default when omitted), like borg <= 0.29.
  62. - shell (`sh:` prefix) with `*` not matching directory separators and
  63. `**/` matching 0..n directories
  64. - path prefix (`pp:` prefix, for unifying borg create pp1 pp2 into the
  65. patterns system), semantics like in borg <= 0.29
  66. - regular expression (`re:`), new!
  67. - --progress option for borg upgrade (#291) and borg delete <archive>
  68. - update progress indication more often (e.g. for borg create within big
  69. files or for borg check repo), #500
  70. - finer chunker granularity for items metadata stream, #547, #487
  71. - borg create --list now used (additionally to -v) to enable the verbose
  72. file list output
  73. - display borg version below tracebacks, #532
  74. Other changes:
  75. - hashtable size (and thus: RAM and disk consumption) follows a growth policy:
  76. grows fast while small, grows slower when getting bigger, #527
  77. - Vagrantfile: use pyinstaller 3.1 to build binaries, freebsd sqlite3 fix,
  78. fixes #569
  79. - no separate binaries for centos6 any more because the generic linux binaries
  80. also work on centos6 (or in general: on systems with a slightly older glibc
  81. than debian7
  82. - dev environment: require virtualenv<14.0 so we get a py32 compatible pip
  83. - docs:
  84. - add space-saving chunks.archive.d trick to FAQ
  85. - important: clarify -v and log levels in usage -> general, please read!
  86. - sphinx configuration: create a simple man page from usage docs
  87. - add a repo server setup example
  88. - disable unneeded SSH features in authorized_keys examples for security.
  89. - borg prune only knows "--keep-within" and not "--within"
  90. - add gource video to resources docs, #507
  91. - add netbsd install instructions
  92. - authors: make it more clear what refers to borg and what to attic
  93. - document standalone binary requirements, #499
  94. - rephrase the mailing list section
  95. - development docs: run build_api and build_usage before tagging release
  96. - internals docs: hash table max. load factor is 0.75 now
  97. - markup, typo, grammar, phrasing, clarifications and other fixes.
  98. - add gcc gcc-c++ to redhat/fedora/corora install docs, fixes #583
  99. Version 0.29.0
  100. --------------
  101. Compatibility notes:
  102. - when upgrading to 0.29.0 you need to upgrade client as well as server
  103. installations due to the locking and commandline interface changes otherwise
  104. you'll get an error msg about a RPC protocol mismatch or a wrong commandline
  105. option.
  106. if you run a server that needs to support both old and new clients, it is
  107. suggested that you have a "borg-0.28.2" and a "borg-0.29.0" command.
  108. clients then can choose via e.g. "borg --remote-path=borg-0.29.0 ...".
  109. - the default waiting time for a lock changed from infinity to 1 second for a
  110. better interactive user experience. if the repo you want to access is
  111. currently locked, borg will now terminate after 1s with an error message.
  112. if you have scripts that shall wait for the lock for a longer time, use
  113. --lock-wait N (with N being the maximum wait time in seconds).
  114. Bug fixes:
  115. - hash table tuning (better chosen hashtable load factor 0.75 and prime initial
  116. size of 1031 gave ~1000x speedup in some scenarios)
  117. - avoid creation of an orphan lock for one case, #285
  118. - --keep-tag-files: fix file mode and multiple tag files in one directory, #432
  119. - fixes for "borg upgrade" (attic repo converter), #466
  120. - remove --progress isatty magic (and also --no-progress option) again, #476
  121. - borg init: display proper repo URL
  122. - fix format of umask in help pages, #463
  123. New features:
  124. - implement --lock-wait, support timeout for UpgradableLock, #210
  125. - implement borg break-lock command, #157
  126. - include system info below traceback, #324
  127. - sane remote logging, remote stderr, #461:
  128. - remote log output: intercept it and log it via local logging system,
  129. with "Remote: " prefixed to message. log remote tracebacks.
  130. - remote stderr: output it to local stderr with "Remote: " prefixed.
  131. - add --debug and --info (same as --verbose) to set the log level of the
  132. builtin logging configuration (which otherwise defaults to warning), #426
  133. note: there are few messages emitted at DEBUG level currently.
  134. - optionally configure logging via env var BORG_LOGGING_CONF
  135. - add --filter option for status characters: e.g. to show only the added
  136. or modified files (and also errors), use "borg create -v --filter=AME ...".
  137. - more progress indicators, #394
  138. - use ISO-8601 date and time format, #375
  139. - "borg check --prefix" to restrict archive checking to that name prefix, #206
  140. Other changes:
  141. - hashindex_add C implementation (speed up cache re-sync for new archives)
  142. - increase FUSE read_size to 1024 (speed up metadata operations)
  143. - check/delete/prune --save-space: free unused segments quickly, #239
  144. - increase rpc protocol version to 2 (see also Compatibility notes), #458
  145. - silence borg by default (via default log level WARNING)
  146. - get rid of C compiler warnings, #391
  147. - upgrade OS X FUSE to 3.0.9 on the OS X binary build system
  148. - use python 3.5.1 to build binaries
  149. - docs:
  150. - new mailing list borgbackup@python.org, #468
  151. - readthedocs: color and logo improvements
  152. - load coverage icons over SSL (avoids mixed content)
  153. - more precise binary installation steps
  154. - update release procedure docs about OS X FUSE
  155. - FAQ entry about unexpected 'A' status for unchanged file(s), #403
  156. - add docs about 'E' file status
  157. - add "borg upgrade" docs, #464
  158. - add developer docs about output and logging
  159. - clarify encryption, add note about client-side encryption
  160. - add resources section, with videos, talks, presentations, #149
  161. - Borg moved to Arch Linux [community]
  162. - fix wrong installation instructions for archlinux
  163. Version 0.28.2
  164. --------------
  165. New features:
  166. - borg create --exclude-if-present TAGFILE - exclude directories that have the
  167. given file from the backup. You can additionally give --keep-tag-files to
  168. preserve just the directory roots and the tag-files (but not backup other
  169. directory contents), #395, attic #128, attic #142
  170. Other changes:
  171. - do not create docs sources at build time (just have them in the repo),
  172. completely remove have_cython() hack, do not use the "mock" library at build
  173. time, #384
  174. - avoid hidden import, make it easier for PyInstaller, easier fix for #218
  175. - docs:
  176. - add description of item flags / status output, fixes #402
  177. - explain how to regenerate usage and API files (build_api or
  178. build_usage) and when to commit usage files directly into git, #384
  179. - minor install docs improvements
  180. Version 0.28.1
  181. --------------
  182. Bug fixes:
  183. - do not try to build api / usage docs for production install,
  184. fixes unexpected "mock" build dependency, #384
  185. Other changes:
  186. - avoid using msgpack.packb at import time
  187. - fix formatting issue in changes.rst
  188. - fix build on readthedocs
  189. Version 0.28.0
  190. --------------
  191. Compatibility notes:
  192. - changed return codes (exit codes), see docs. in short:
  193. old: 0 = ok, 1 = error. now: 0 = ok, 1 = warning, 2 = error
  194. New features:
  195. - refactor return codes (exit codes), fixes #61
  196. - add --show-rc option enable "terminating with X status, rc N" output, fixes 58, #351
  197. - borg create backups atime and ctime additionally to mtime, fixes #317
  198. - extract: support atime additionally to mtime
  199. - FUSE: support ctime and atime additionally to mtime
  200. - support borg --version
  201. - emit a warning if we have a slow msgpack installed
  202. - borg list --prefix=thishostname- REPO, fixes #205
  203. - Debug commands (do not use except if you know what you do: debug-get-obj,
  204. debug-put-obj, debug-delete-obj, debug-dump-archive-items.
  205. Bug fixes:
  206. - setup.py: fix bug related to BORG_LZ4_PREFIX processing
  207. - fix "check" for repos that have incomplete chunks, fixes #364
  208. - borg mount: fix unlocking of repository at umount time, fixes #331
  209. - fix reading files without touching their atime, #334
  210. - non-ascii ACL fixes for Linux, FreeBSD and OS X, #277
  211. - fix acl_use_local_uid_gid() and add a test for it, attic #359
  212. - borg upgrade: do not upgrade repositories in place by default, #299
  213. - fix cascading failure with the index conversion code, #269
  214. - borg check: implement 'cmdline' archive metadata value decoding, #311
  215. - fix RobustUnpacker, it missed some metadata keys (new atime and ctime keys
  216. were missing, but also bsdflags). add check for unknown metadata keys.
  217. - create from stdin: also save atime, ctime (cosmetic)
  218. - use default_notty=False for confirmations, fixes #345
  219. - vagrant: fix msgpack installation on centos, fixes #342
  220. - deal with unicode errors for symlinks in same way as for regular files and
  221. have a helpful warning message about how to fix wrong locale setup, fixes #382
  222. - add ACL keys the RobustUnpacker must know about
  223. Other changes:
  224. - improve file size displays, more flexible size formatters
  225. - explicitly commit to the units standard, #289
  226. - archiver: add E status (means that an error occurred when processing this
  227. (single) item
  228. - do binary releases via "github releases", closes #214
  229. - create: use -x and --one-file-system (was: --do-not-cross-mountpoints), #296
  230. - a lot of changes related to using "logging" module and screen output, #233
  231. - show progress display if on a tty, output more progress information, #303
  232. - factor out status output so it is consistent, fix surrogates removal,
  233. maybe fixes #309
  234. - move away from RawConfigParser to ConfigParser
  235. - archive checker: better error logging, give chunk_id and sequence numbers
  236. (can be used together with borg debug-dump-archive-items).
  237. - do not mention the deprecated passphrase mode
  238. - emit a deprecation warning for --compression N (giving a just a number)
  239. - misc .coverragerc fixes (and coverage measurement improvements), fixes #319
  240. - refactor confirmation code, reduce code duplication, add tests
  241. - prettier error messages, fixes #307, #57
  242. - tests:
  243. - add a test to find disk-full issues, #327
  244. - travis: also run tests on Python 3.5
  245. - travis: use tox -r so it rebuilds the tox environments
  246. - test the generated pyinstaller-based binary by archiver unit tests, #215
  247. - vagrant: tests: announce whether fakeroot is used or not
  248. - vagrant: add vagrant user to fuse group for debianoid systems also
  249. - vagrant: llfuse install on darwin needs pkgconfig installed
  250. - vagrant: use pyinstaller from develop branch, fixes #336
  251. - benchmarks: test create, extract, list, delete, info, check, help, fixes #146
  252. - benchmarks: test with both the binary and the python code
  253. - archiver tests: test with both the binary and the python code, fixes #215
  254. - make basic test more robust
  255. - docs:
  256. - moved docs to borgbackup.readthedocs.org, #155
  257. - a lot of fixes and improvements, use mobile-friendly RTD standard theme
  258. - use zlib,6 compression in some examples, fixes #275
  259. - add missing rename usage to docs, closes #279
  260. - include the help offered by borg help <topic> in the usage docs, fixes #293
  261. - include a list of major changes compared to attic into README, fixes #224
  262. - add OS X install instructions, #197
  263. - more details about the release process, #260
  264. - fix linux glibc requirement (binaries built on debian7 now)
  265. - build: move usage and API generation to setup.py
  266. - update docs about return codes, #61
  267. - remove api docs (too much breakage on rtd)
  268. - borgbackup install + basics presentation (asciinema)
  269. - describe the current style guide in documentation
  270. - add section about debug commands
  271. - warn about not running out of space
  272. - add example for rename
  273. - improve chunker params docs, fixes #362
  274. - minor development docs update
  275. Version 0.27.0
  276. --------------
  277. New features:
  278. - "borg upgrade" command - attic -> borg one time converter / migration, #21
  279. - temporary hack to avoid using lots of disk space for chunks.archive.d, #235:
  280. To use it: rm -rf chunks.archive.d ; touch chunks.archive.d
  281. - respect XDG_CACHE_HOME, attic #181
  282. - add support for arbitrary SSH commands, attic #99
  283. - borg delete --cache-only REPO (only delete cache, not REPO), attic #123
  284. Bug fixes:
  285. - use Debian 7 (wheezy) to build pyinstaller borgbackup binaries, fixes slow
  286. down observed when running the Centos6-built binary on Ubuntu, #222
  287. - do not crash on empty lock.roster, fixes #232
  288. - fix multiple issues with the cache config version check, #234
  289. - fix segment entry header size check, attic #352
  290. plus other error handling improvements / code deduplication there.
  291. - always give segment and offset in repo IntegrityErrors
  292. Other changes:
  293. - stop producing binary wheels, remove docs about it, #147
  294. - docs:
  295. - add warning about prune
  296. - generate usage include files only as needed
  297. - development docs: add Vagrant section
  298. - update / improve / reformat FAQ
  299. - hint to single-file pyinstaller binaries from README
  300. Version 0.26.1
  301. --------------
  302. This is a minor update, just docs and new pyinstaller binaries.
  303. - docs update about python and binary requirements
  304. - better docs for --read-special, fix #220
  305. - re-built the binaries, fix #218 and #213 (glibc version issue)
  306. - update web site about single-file pyinstaller binaries
  307. Note: if you did a python-based installation, there is no need to upgrade.
  308. Version 0.26.0
  309. --------------
  310. New features:
  311. - Faster cache sync (do all in one pass, remove tar/compression stuff), #163
  312. - BORG_REPO env var to specify the default repo, #168
  313. - read special files as if they were regular files, #79
  314. - implement borg create --dry-run, attic issue #267
  315. - Normalize paths before pattern matching on OS X, #143
  316. - support OpenBSD and NetBSD (except xattrs/ACLs)
  317. - support / run tests on Python 3.5
  318. Bug fixes:
  319. - borg mount repo: use absolute path, attic #200, attic #137
  320. - chunker: use off_t to get 64bit on 32bit platform, #178
  321. - initialize chunker fd to -1, so it's not equal to STDIN_FILENO (0)
  322. - fix reaction to "no" answer at delete repo prompt, #182
  323. - setup.py: detect lz4.h header file location
  324. - to support python < 3.2.4, add less buggy argparse lib from 3.2.6 (#194)
  325. - fix for obtaining ``char *`` from temporary Python value (old code causes
  326. a compile error on Mint 17.2)
  327. - llfuse 0.41 install troubles on some platforms, require < 0.41
  328. (UnicodeDecodeError exception due to non-ascii llfuse setup.py)
  329. - cython code: add some int types to get rid of unspecific python add /
  330. subtract operations (avoid ``undefined symbol FPE_``... error on some platforms)
  331. - fix verbose mode display of stdin backup
  332. - extract: warn if a include pattern never matched, fixes #209,
  333. implement counters for Include/ExcludePatterns
  334. - archive names with slashes are invalid, attic issue #180
  335. - chunker: add a check whether the POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED constant is defined -
  336. fixes building on OpenBSD.
  337. Other changes:
  338. - detect inconsistency / corruption / hash collision, #170
  339. - replace versioneer with setuptools_scm, #106
  340. - docs:
  341. - pkg-config is needed for llfuse installation
  342. - be more clear about pruning, attic issue #132
  343. - unit tests:
  344. - xattr: ignore security.selinux attribute showing up
  345. - ext3 seems to need a bit more space for a sparse file
  346. - do not test lzma level 9 compression (avoid MemoryError)
  347. - work around strange mtime granularity issue on netbsd, fixes #204
  348. - ignore st_rdev if file is not a block/char device, fixes #203
  349. - stay away from the setgid and sticky mode bits
  350. - use Vagrant to do easy cross-platform testing (#196), currently:
  351. - Debian 7 "wheezy" 32bit, Debian 8 "jessie" 64bit
  352. - Ubuntu 12.04 32bit, Ubuntu 14.04 64bit
  353. - Centos 7 64bit
  354. - FreeBSD 10.2 64bit
  355. - OpenBSD 5.7 64bit
  356. - NetBSD 6.1.5 64bit
  357. - Darwin (OS X Yosemite)
  358. Version 0.25.0
  359. --------------
  360. Compatibility notes:
  361. - lz4 compression library (liblz4) is a new requirement (#156)
  362. - the new compression code is very compatible: as long as you stay with zlib
  363. compression, older borg releases will still be able to read data from a
  364. repo/archive made with the new code (note: this is not the case for the
  365. default "none" compression, use "zlib,0" if you want a "no compression" mode
  366. that can be read by older borg). Also the new code is able to read repos and
  367. archives made with older borg versions (for all zlib levels 0..9).
  368. Deprecations:
  369. - --compression N (with N being a number, as in 0.24) is deprecated.
  370. We keep the --compression 0..9 for now to not break scripts, but it is
  371. deprecated and will be removed later, so better fix your scripts now:
  372. --compression 0 (as in 0.24) is the same as --compression zlib,0 (now).
  373. BUT: if you do not want compression, you rather want --compression none
  374. (which is the default).
  375. --compression 1 (in 0.24) is the same as --compression zlib,1 (now)
  376. --compression 9 (in 0.24) is the same as --compression zlib,9 (now)
  377. New features:
  378. - create --compression none (default, means: do not compress, just pass through
  379. data "as is". this is more efficient than zlib level 0 as used in borg 0.24)
  380. - create --compression lz4 (super-fast, but not very high compression)
  381. - create --compression zlib,N (slower, higher compression, default for N is 6)
  382. - create --compression lzma,N (slowest, highest compression, default N is 6)
  383. - honor the nodump flag (UF_NODUMP) and do not backup such items
  384. - list --short just outputs a simple list of the files/directories in an archive
  385. Bug fixes:
  386. - fixed --chunker-params parameter order confusion / malfunction, fixes #154
  387. - close fds of segments we delete (during compaction)
  388. - close files which fell out the lrucache
  389. - fadvise DONTNEED now is only called for the byte range actually read, not for
  390. the whole file, fixes #158.
  391. - fix issue with negative "all archives" size, fixes #165
  392. - restore_xattrs: ignore if setxattr fails with EACCES, fixes #162
  393. Other changes:
  394. - remove fakeroot requirement for tests, tests run faster without fakeroot
  395. (test setup does not fail any more without fakeroot, so you can run with or
  396. without fakeroot), fixes #151 and #91.
  397. - more tests for archiver
  398. - recover_segment(): don't assume we have an fd for segment
  399. - lrucache refactoring / cleanup, add dispose function, py.test tests
  400. - generalize hashindex code for any key length (less hardcoding)
  401. - lock roster: catch file not found in remove() method and ignore it
  402. - travis CI: use requirements file
  403. - improved docs:
  404. - replace hack for llfuse with proper solution (install libfuse-dev)
  405. - update docs about compression
  406. - update development docs about fakeroot
  407. - internals: add some words about lock files / locking system
  408. - support: mention BountySource and for what it can be used
  409. - theme: use a lighter green
  410. - add pypi, wheel, dist package based install docs
  411. - split install docs into system-specific preparations and generic instructions
  412. Version 0.24.0
  413. --------------
  414. Incompatible changes (compared to 0.23):
  415. - borg now always issues --umask NNN option when invoking another borg via ssh
  416. on the repository server. By that, it's making sure it uses the same umask
  417. for remote repos as for local ones. Because of this, you must upgrade both
  418. server and client(s) to 0.24.
  419. - the default umask is 077 now (if you do not specify via --umask) which might
  420. be a different one as you used previously. The default umask avoids that
  421. you accidentally give access permissions for group and/or others to files
  422. created by borg (e.g. the repository).
  423. Deprecations:
  424. - "--encryption passphrase" mode is deprecated, see #85 and #97.
  425. See the new "--encryption repokey" mode for a replacement.
  426. New features:
  427. - borg create --chunker-params ... to configure the chunker, fixes #16
  428. (attic #302, attic #300, and somehow also #41).
  429. This can be used to reduce memory usage caused by chunk management overhead,
  430. so borg does not create a huge chunks index/repo index and eats all your RAM
  431. if you back up lots of data in huge files (like VM disk images).
  432. See docs/misc/create_chunker-params.txt for more information.
  433. - borg info now reports chunk counts in the chunk index.
  434. - borg create --compression 0..9 to select zlib compression level, fixes #66
  435. (attic #295).
  436. - borg init --encryption repokey (to store the encryption key into the repo),
  437. fixes #85
  438. - improve at-end error logging, always log exceptions and set exit_code=1
  439. - LoggedIO: better error checks / exceptions / exception handling
  440. - implement --remote-path to allow non-default-path borg locations, #125
  441. - implement --umask M and use 077 as default umask for better security, #117
  442. - borg check: give a named single archive to it, fixes #139
  443. - cache sync: show progress indication
  444. - cache sync: reimplement the chunk index merging in C
  445. Bug fixes:
  446. - fix segfault that happened for unreadable files (chunker: n needs to be a
  447. signed size_t), #116
  448. - fix the repair mode, #144
  449. - repo delete: add destroy to allowed rpc methods, fixes issue #114
  450. - more compatible repository locking code (based on mkdir), maybe fixes #92
  451. (attic #317, attic #201).
  452. - better Exception msg if no Borg is installed on the remote repo server, #56
  453. - create a RepositoryCache implementation that can cope with >2GiB,
  454. fixes attic #326.
  455. - fix Traceback when running check --repair, attic #232
  456. - clarify help text, fixes #73.
  457. - add help string for --no-files-cache, fixes #140
  458. Other changes:
  459. - improved docs:
  460. - added docs/misc directory for misc. writeups that won't be included
  461. "as is" into the html docs.
  462. - document environment variables and return codes (attic #324, attic #52)
  463. - web site: add related projects, fix web site url, IRC #borgbackup
  464. - Fedora/Fedora-based install instructions added to docs
  465. - Cygwin-based install instructions added to docs
  466. - updated AUTHORS
  467. - add FAQ entries about redundancy / integrity
  468. - clarify that borg extract uses the cwd as extraction target
  469. - update internals doc about chunker params, memory usage and compression
  470. - added docs about development
  471. - add some words about resource usage in general
  472. - document how to backup a raw disk
  473. - add note about how to run borg from virtual env
  474. - add solutions for (ll)fuse installation problems
  475. - document what borg check does, fixes #138
  476. - reorganize borgbackup.github.io sidebar, prev/next at top
  477. - deduplicate and refactor the docs / README.rst
  478. - use borg-tmp as prefix for temporary files / directories
  479. - short prune options without "keep-" are deprecated, do not suggest them
  480. - improved tox configuration
  481. - remove usage of unittest.mock, always use mock from pypi
  482. - use entrypoints instead of scripts, for better use of the wheel format and
  483. modern installs
  484. - add requirements.d/development.txt and modify tox.ini
  485. - use travis-ci for testing based on Linux and (new) OS X
  486. - use coverage.py, pytest-cov and codecov.io for test coverage support
  487. I forgot to list some stuff already implemented in 0.23.0, here they are:
  488. New features:
  489. - efficient archive list from manifest, meaning a big speedup for slow
  490. repo connections and "list <repo>", "delete <repo>", "prune" (attic #242,
  491. attic #167)
  492. - big speedup for chunks cache sync (esp. for slow repo connections), fixes #18
  493. - hashindex: improve error messages
  494. Other changes:
  495. - explicitly specify binary mode to open binary files
  496. - some easy micro optimizations
  497. Version 0.23.0
  498. --------------
  499. Incompatible changes (compared to attic, fork related):
  500. - changed sw name and cli command to "borg", updated docs
  501. - package name (and name in urls) uses "borgbackup" to have less collisions
  502. - changed repo / cache internal magic strings from ATTIC* to BORG*,
  503. changed cache location to .cache/borg/ - this means that it currently won't
  504. accept attic repos (see issue #21 about improving that)
  505. Bug fixes:
  506. - avoid defect python-msgpack releases, fixes attic #171, fixes attic #185
  507. - fix traceback when trying to do unsupported passphrase change, fixes attic #189
  508. - datetime does not like the year 10.000, fixes attic #139
  509. - fix "info" all archives stats, fixes attic #183
  510. - fix parsing with missing microseconds, fixes attic #282
  511. - fix misleading hint the fuse ImportError handler gave, fixes attic #237
  512. - check unpacked data from RPC for tuple type and correct length, fixes attic #127
  513. - fix Repository._active_txn state when lock upgrade fails
  514. - give specific path to xattr.is_enabled(), disable symlink setattr call that
  515. always fails
  516. - fix test setup for 32bit platforms, partial fix for attic #196
  517. - upgraded versioneer, PEP440 compliance, fixes attic #257
  518. New features:
  519. - less memory usage: add global option --no-cache-files
  520. - check --last N (only check the last N archives)
  521. - check: sort archives in reverse time order
  522. - rename repo::oldname newname (rename repository)
  523. - create -v output more informative
  524. - create --progress (backup progress indicator)
  525. - create --timestamp (utc string or reference file/dir)
  526. - create: if "-" is given as path, read binary from stdin
  527. - extract: if --stdout is given, write all extracted binary data to stdout
  528. - extract --sparse (simple sparse file support)
  529. - extra debug information for 'fread failed'
  530. - delete <repo> (deletes whole repo + local cache)
  531. - FUSE: reflect deduplication in allocated blocks
  532. - only allow whitelisted RPC calls in server mode
  533. - normalize source/exclude paths before matching
  534. - use posix_fadvise to not spoil the OS cache, fixes attic #252
  535. - toplevel error handler: show tracebacks for better error analysis
  536. - sigusr1 / sigint handler to print current file infos - attic PR #286
  537. - RPCError: include the exception args we get from remote
  538. Other changes:
  539. - source: misc. cleanups, pep8, style
  540. - docs and faq improvements, fixes, updates
  541. - cleanup crypto.pyx, make it easier to adapt to other AES modes
  542. - do os.fsync like recommended in the python docs
  543. - source: Let chunker optionally work with os-level file descriptor.
  544. - source: Linux: remove duplicate os.fsencode calls
  545. - source: refactor _open_rb code a bit, so it is more consistent / regular
  546. - source: refactor indicator (status) and item processing
  547. - source: use py.test for better testing, flake8 for code style checks
  548. - source: fix tox >=2.0 compatibility (test runner)
  549. - pypi package: add python version classifiers, add FreeBSD to platforms
  550. Attic Changelog
  551. ---------------
  552. Here you can see the full list of changes between each Attic release until Borg
  553. forked from Attic:
  554. Version 0.17
  555. ~~~~~~~~~~~~
  556. (bugfix release, released on X)
  557. - Fix hashindex ARM memory alignment issue (#309)
  558. - Improve hashindex error messages (#298)
  559. Version 0.16
  560. ~~~~~~~~~~~~
  561. (bugfix release, released on May 16, 2015)
  562. - Fix typo preventing the security confirmation prompt from working (#303)
  563. - Improve handling of systems with improperly configured file system encoding (#289)
  564. - Fix "All archives" output for attic info. (#183)
  565. - More user friendly error message when repository key file is not found (#236)
  566. - Fix parsing of iso 8601 timestamps with zero microseconds (#282)
  567. Version 0.15
  568. ~~~~~~~~~~~~
  569. (bugfix release, released on Apr 15, 2015)
  570. - xattr: Be less strict about unknown/unsupported platforms (#239)
  571. - Reduce repository listing memory usage (#163).
  572. - Fix BrokenPipeError for remote repositories (#233)
  573. - Fix incorrect behavior with two character directory names (#265, #268)
  574. - Require approval before accessing relocated/moved repository (#271)
  575. - Require approval before accessing previously unknown unencrypted repositories (#271)
  576. - Fix issue with hash index files larger than 2GB.
  577. - Fix Python 3.2 compatibility issue with noatime open() (#164)
  578. - Include missing pyx files in dist files (#168)
  579. Version 0.14
  580. ~~~~~~~~~~~~
  581. (feature release, released on Dec 17, 2014)
  582. - Added support for stripping leading path segments (#95)
  583. "attic extract --strip-segments X"
  584. - Add workaround for old Linux systems without acl_extended_file_no_follow (#96)
  585. - Add MacPorts' path to the default openssl search path (#101)
  586. - HashIndex improvements, eliminates unnecessary IO on low memory systems.
  587. - Fix "Number of files" output for attic info. (#124)
  588. - limit create file permissions so files aren't read while restoring
  589. - Fix issue with empty xattr values (#106)
  590. Version 0.13
  591. ~~~~~~~~~~~~
  592. (feature release, released on Jun 29, 2014)
  593. - Fix sporadic "Resource temporarily unavailable" when using remote repositories
  594. - Reduce file cache memory usage (#90)
  595. - Faster AES encryption (utilizing AES-NI when available)
  596. - Experimental Linux, OS X and FreeBSD ACL support (#66)
  597. - Added support for backup and restore of BSDFlags (OSX, FreeBSD) (#56)
  598. - Fix bug where xattrs on symlinks were not correctly restored
  599. - Added cachedir support. CACHEDIR.TAG compatible cache directories
  600. can now be excluded using ``--exclude-caches`` (#74)
  601. - Fix crash on extreme mtime timestamps (year 2400+) (#81)
  602. - Fix Python 3.2 specific lockf issue (EDEADLK)
  603. Version 0.12
  604. ~~~~~~~~~~~~
  605. (feature release, released on April 7, 2014)
  606. - Python 3.4 support (#62)
  607. - Various documentation improvements a new style
  608. - ``attic mount`` now supports mounting an entire repository not only
  609. individual archives (#59)
  610. - Added option to restrict remote repository access to specific path(s):
  611. ``attic serve --restrict-to-path X`` (#51)
  612. - Include "all archives" size information in "--stats" output. (#54)
  613. - Added ``--stats`` option to ``attic delete`` and ``attic prune``
  614. - Fixed bug where ``attic prune`` used UTC instead of the local time zone
  615. when determining which archives to keep.
  616. - Switch to SI units (Power of 1000 instead 1024) when printing file sizes
  617. Version 0.11
  618. ~~~~~~~~~~~~
  619. (feature release, released on March 7, 2014)
  620. - New "check" command for repository consistency checking (#24)
  621. - Documentation improvements
  622. - Fix exception during "attic create" with repeated files (#39)
  623. - New "--exclude-from" option for attic create/extract/verify.
  624. - Improved archive metadata deduplication.
  625. - "attic verify" has been deprecated. Use "attic extract --dry-run" instead.
  626. - "attic prune --hourly|daily|..." has been deprecated.
  627. Use "attic prune --keep-hourly|daily|..." instead.
  628. - Ignore xattr errors during "extract" if not supported by the filesystem. (#46)
  629. Version 0.10
  630. ~~~~~~~~~~~~
  631. (bugfix release, released on Jan 30, 2014)
  632. - Fix deadlock when extracting 0 sized files from remote repositories
  633. - "--exclude" wildcard patterns are now properly applied to the full path
  634. not just the file name part (#5).
  635. - Make source code endianness agnostic (#1)
  636. Version 0.9
  637. ~~~~~~~~~~~
  638. (feature release, released on Jan 23, 2014)
  639. - Remote repository speed and reliability improvements.
  640. - Fix sorting of segment names to ignore NFS left over files. (#17)
  641. - Fix incorrect display of time (#13)
  642. - Improved error handling / reporting. (#12)
  643. - Use fcntl() instead of flock() when locking repository/cache. (#15)
  644. - Let ssh figure out port/user if not specified so we don't override .ssh/config (#9)
  645. - Improved libcrypto path detection (#23).
  646. Version 0.8.1
  647. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  648. (bugfix release, released on Oct 4, 2013)
  649. - Fix segmentation fault issue.
  650. Version 0.8
  651. ~~~~~~~~~~~
  652. (feature release, released on Oct 3, 2013)
  653. - Fix xattr issue when backing up sshfs filesystems (#4)
  654. - Fix issue with excessive index file size (#6)
  655. - Support access of read only repositories.
  656. - New syntax to enable repository encryption:
  657. attic init --encryption="none|passphrase|keyfile".
  658. - Detect and abort if repository is older than the cache.
  659. Version 0.7
  660. ~~~~~~~~~~~
  661. (feature release, released on Aug 5, 2013)
  662. - Ported to FreeBSD
  663. - Improved documentation
  664. - Experimental: Archives mountable as fuse filesystems.
  665. - The "user." prefix is no longer stripped from xattrs on Linux
  666. Version 0.6.1
  667. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  668. (bugfix release, released on July 19, 2013)
  669. - Fixed an issue where mtime was not always correctly restored.
  670. Version 0.6
  671. ~~~~~~~~~~~
  672. First public release on July 9, 2013