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[[!meta title="Obnam 0.6.0 released: encrypting backup program"]]
[[!meta date="Sat, 04 Dec 2021 09:49:46 +0200"]]
[[!tag obnam announcement]]

[Obnam]: https://obnam.org/
[feedback]: https://gitlab.com/obnam/obnam/-/issues

I've just released version 0.6.0 of [Obnam][], the encrypting backup
program. It's still an alpha version and only suitable for a light
trial of a modest amount of data that isn't sensitive. I would welcome
any [feedback][] you may have.

Release notes follow.

# Version 0.6.0, released 2021-11-20

## Breaking changes

* We no longer test Obnam with Debian 10 (buster) in our continuous
  integration system. The current Debian stable release, Debian 11
  (bullseye), is tested.

## New or changed features

* It is now an error if the backup root directory doesn't exist or
  can't be read. This applies only to the backup roots. Other files
  and directories may go missing or be unreadable, and Obnam only
  warns about that, to allow making backups of live systems where
  files change during the backup.

## Internal changes

* There is now a new "many files" benchmark.

## Changes to documentation

* We've started a decision log for big, important project decisions.

## Thank you

Several people have helped with this release, with changes or
feedback.

* Alexander Batischev
* Lars Wirzenius

(Our apologies to anyone who's been forgotten.)