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authorLars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>2016-07-18 19:17:06 +0300
committerLars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>2016-07-18 19:17:06 +0300
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This file summarizes changes between releases of Obnam.
NOTE: Obnam has an **EXPERIMENTAL** repository format under
-development, called `green-albatross`. It is **NOT** meant for real
-use. It is likely to change in incompatible ways without warning. Do
-not use it unless you're willing to lose your backup.
+development, called `green-albatross-YYYYMMDD`. It is **NOT** meant
+for real use. It is likely to change in incompatible ways without
+warning. Do not use it unless you're willing to lose your backup.
Version 1.20, not yet released
---------------------------------
+* The format name for `green-albatross` is renamed to
+ `green-albatross-20160718` and will henceforth be renamed every time
+ there's a change, to avoid confusing Lars because of backwards
+ incompatibilities. When it reaches stability and the on-disk format
+ is frozen, it'll be renamed back to a date-less version.
+
* Those using the experimental green-albatross repository format will
have to start over with fresh repositories. This release contains
backwards incompatible changes that mean existing repositories no