Hello everybody,
This is a beta release so that many people can test before this becomes the next
stable release. All changes are documented in the changelog
<https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup/blob/v2.1.2b1/CHANGELOG.adoc#new-in-v2-1-2b1>.
Check especially the changes (marked with /CHG/) which might impact your workflow.
Since the last alpha:
* support for Python 3.6 has been dropped,
* return codes have changed and are now more detailed, see man-page
for details,
* more stability around failed file handling,
* a lot of code changes under the hood (which you shouldn't notice but
just that you don't think we were lazy),
* and we even found some time for new features (only using the new
API), like better locking of repositories and being able to regress
the last backup even if it was successful, possibly one of the
longest standing RFEs.
Please use this release to test and report issues
<https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup/issues/new?assignees=&labels=&template=bug_report.md&title=%5BBUG%5D>,
especially regarding:
* usage in client/server in combination with version v2.0.5 of
rdiff-backup
* usage under Windows (and MacOS/X)
* usage of the new API with |--api-version 201|