From 593daed8dc3536b189b2cf34393c1f77fa21216a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lars Wirzenius Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2021 11:12:23 +0200 Subject: docs: update NEWS.md for new release Sponsored-by: author --- NEWS.md | 81 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 81 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md index 4959be1..144a0c0 100644 --- a/NEWS.md +++ b/NEWS.md @@ -8,6 +8,87 @@ of Obnam, the backup software. The software is technically called ended in 2017 with version number 1.22. +# Version 0.5.0, released 2021-11-20 + +## Experimental version + +This is an experimental release, and is not meant to be relied on for +recovery of important data. The purpose of this release is to get new +features into the hands of intrepid people who want to try out new +things. + +## Breaking changes + +* Obnam is now licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License, + version 3 or later. This mainly affects the Obnam chunk server, + which has a network API. + +* The Obnam client now stores the version of the database schema in + the per-backup SQLite database. This allows the client to recognize + when a backup was made with an incompatible version of the client. + This, in turn, paves way for us to safely making changes that older + versions of the client do not understand. + + As a result, the backups made with this version may silently break + older versions of the client. However, this should be the last time + such silent breakage happens. + +## New or changed features + +* Obnam now restore metadata of restored symlinks correctly. + +* Obnam's handling of `CACHEDIR.TAG` files is more secure against an + attacker adding such files in directories getting backed up. + +* Progress bars so bars for different phases of the backup do not + interfere with each other anymore. + +* The client now has the "obnam resolve" subcommand to resolve a + generation label (such as "latest") into a generation ID. The labels + may point at different commits over time, the IDs never change. + +* The client now has the "obnam chunkify" subcommand to compute + checksums of chunks of files. For now, this is for doing performance + benchmarks, but may eventually evolve into a way to experiment how + parameters affect sizes of chunks and the ability of the Obnam + client to find duplicate data. + +* A build problem on macOS, where `chmod` needs a different type of + integer, was fixed. + +## Internal changes + +* Obnam was migrated to using Docker in GitLab CI and using the new + Debian stable release (version 11, code name bullseye). + +* The Obnam client is now asynchronous code. This is a foundation for + making the client be faster in the future. This has temporarily made + the client slower in some cases. + +* There is now a simple policy on what is required for changes to be + merge, in the `DONE.md` file. + +* There have been updates to use newer versions of dependencies, + refactoring of code to be clearer and more tidy, as well as bug + fixes in the test suite. + +## Changes to documentation + +* The tutorial now explains the passphrases are ephemeral. + +## Thank you + +Several people have helped with this release, with changes or +feedback. + +* Alexander Batischev +* Daniel Silverstone +* Lars Wirzenius +* Ossi Herrala + +(Our apologies to anyone who's been forgotten.) + + # Version 0.4.0, released 2021-06-06 ## Experimental version -- cgit v1.2.1