Main changes
In this version we've fixed 10 issues reported by users (thanks!), some of them quite long standing. We've also improved our development and testing infrastructure, adding test coverage and profiling instructions.
Detailed release notes are at the top of the changelog.
Install
The installation, described in details in the read me, has the quick version:
- Linux, trust on your distro to provide the latest version of rdiff-backup "soon-ish" or:
- On Fedora/CentOS/RHEL, you may use Frank's COPR repo
- On Ubuntu, you may use Otto's PPA repo
- Windows, download the asset
rdiff-backup-2.0.5.win32exe.zipfrom the tagged release and unpack it somewhere in yourPATH. - Any supported Platform, and a few unsupported like BSD and MacOSX, use
pip install rdiff-backup(or download and install the proper asset from the tagged release).
Notes
It's probably the last bug-fix release of this 2.0 branch because we now need to focus on improving/modernizing/simplifying the code, and this will take a little while. This doesn't mean that there aren't known bugs but they require the code to be cleaner before they can be properly addressed. This will surely require some months so be patient or help us to be faster.
This is also most probably the last version of rdiff-backup officially supporting Python 3.5, which is due end-of-life in September 2020, and also because we want to support the upcoming Python 3.9, due one month later, and can't support more than 4 versions of Python in parallel.
In other words, if you're still using Python 3.5, it's time to think about upgrading; your security will thank you anyway.
Help!
If you encounter issues, contact us on the rdiff-backup-users mailing list and/or report an issue.
We could also use some help, so don't hesitate to raise your hand on the mailing list if you'd like to help your favourite backup tool!