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@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ Version 1.20, not yet released
backwards incompatible changes that mean existing repositories no
longer work. Sorry, but that's what experimental means.
+* A green-albatross change is that the "chunk index" data structure is
+ no longer a single blob, and instead it's broken down into smaller
+ objects. This avoids keeping all of the chunk indexes in memory at
+ once, which should reduce memory use.
+
* Remi Rampin started updating and continuing the French translation
of the Obnam manual.