From c06c11c9f2b49bda0cf48b937f6654f8627c753a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lars Wirzenius Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 10:54:12 +0100 Subject: Update README for beta release. --- README | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 09c72e50..22b36dff 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,13 +1,15 @@ Obnam, a backup program ======================= -Obnam is a backup program. It is currently ALPHA quality, meaning that -some things work, but many things don't, there are probably a lot of bugs, -and if you rely on it, you will turn bitter and hateful, and will abandon -all hope for civilisation, move into the rain forest, and talk to birds -for the rest of your life. +Obnam is a backup program. It is currently in BETA quality, meaning that +all the necessary features should be there, but there are bugs that may +annoy you a lot, and performance may be entirely inadequate for you. +Hopefully using Obnam will no longer turn you bitter and hateful, and +make you abandon all hope for civilisation, move into the rain forest, +and talk to birds for the rest of your life. -In other words, don't use it for anything real yet. +It would be inadvisable to rely on Obnam as your only backup solution, +but it should be ready for evaluation use. Home page @@ -16,22 +18,19 @@ Home page The Obnam home page is at , see there for more information. -More usefully, perhaps, the on-disk data structure description -(i.e., how obnam uses copy-on-write B-trees), is at -. - Installation ------------ -The source tree contains packaging for Debian. Run "debuild -us -uc" to +The source tree contains packaging for Debian. Run `debuild -us -uc` to build an installation package. -On other systems, using the setup.py file might work: run -"python setup.py --help" for advice. If not, please tell me how to fix it. +On other systems, using the `setup.py` file should work: run +"python setup.py --help" for advice. If not, please report a bug. +(I've only tested `setup.py` enough for to build the Debian package.) -You need to install my B-tree, and some other libraries and tools, which you -can get from: +You need to install my Python B-tree library, and some other libraries +and tools, which you can get from: * * @@ -108,9 +107,12 @@ Feedback -------- I welcome bug fixes, enhancements, bug reports, suggestions, requests, -and other feedback. I prefer e-mail (mailto:liw@liw.fi). +and other feedback. I prefer e-mail (). + +There's a mailing list for Obnam users: send mail to + for instructions. -It would be helpful if you can run "make clean check" before submitting +It would be helpful if you can run `make clean check` before submitting a patch, but it is not strictly required. @@ -122,7 +124,7 @@ so that can change.) The code is covered by the GNU General Public License, version 3 or later. -Copyright 2010 Lars Wirzenius +Copyright 2010, 2011 Lars Wirzenius This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by -- cgit v1.2.1 From 1fde664a24533da5de8f1602b4203844fd1004da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lars Wirzenius Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 10:54:32 +0100 Subject: Bump version numbers for release. --- debian/changelog | 6 ++++++ obnamlib/__init__.py | 2 +- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index fe8038ee..f99545a5 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +obnam (0.16) squeeze; urgency=low + + * New upstream release. The first BETA release. + + -- Lars Wirzenius Sun, 17 Apr 2011 10:45:58 +0100 + obnam (0.15.1) squeeze; urgency=low * New upstream version. diff --git a/obnamlib/__init__.py b/obnamlib/__init__.py index 86a760cf..6e6429a9 100644 --- a/obnamlib/__init__.py +++ b/obnamlib/__init__.py @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ # along with this program. If not, see . -version = '0.15.1' +version = '0.16' import _obnam -- cgit v1.2.1 From 89a2537db6022bdd9425ba29d91ce78ebef6439e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lars Wirzenius Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 10:56:13 +0100 Subject: Update NEWS for release. --- NEWS | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 30a888f6..eb1be7ae 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -5,6 +5,16 @@ Obnam NEWS This file summarizes changes between releases of Obnam. +Version 0.16, released 2011-03-21; a BETA release +------------------------------------------------- + +* This is the first BETA release. Obnam should now be feature complete + for real use. Performance is lacking and there are many bugs remaining. + There are no known bugs that would corrupt backed up data, or prevent + its recovery. +* Add encryption support. See the manual page for how to use it. + + Version 0.15.1, released 2011-03-21; an ALPHA release ---------------------------------------------------- -- cgit v1.2.1 From be9a86103d4d010bb7539ab57174b1256a98bfef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lars Wirzenius Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 10:57:03 +0100 Subject: Update version number also in setup.py. --- setup.py | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py index 7fa72dd4..904e2b2d 100644 --- a/setup.py +++ b/setup.py @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from distutils.core import setup, Extension import glob setup(name='obnam', - version='0.15.1', + version='0.16', description='Backup software', author='Lars Wirzenius', author_email='liw@liw.fi', -- cgit v1.2.1