Re: [Duplicity-talk] Updating from 0.8.23: Important steps

[Kenneth Loafman]

Hi,

As ede said, the latest release is 2.1.5 and is both forwards and backwards compatible, except for some dropped or changed options.

As to the next release, 2.2.0, it's in the review stage now, and will probably be out in a couple of weeks.  See MR 186 for details.  It really does not affect the user much, just pays on some technical debt we've been accumulating.  It will still be backwards compatible.

...Thanks,

...Ken

On Tue, Jan 2, 2024 at 8:39 AM <edgar.soldin@web.de> wrote:

On 02.01.2024 10:46, Nuno Teixeira via Duplicity-talk wrote:
> Hello all,

hey Nuno,

> I'm working on updating duplicity FreeBSD port from 0.8.23 to latest.
> I'm looking for any important steps that user needs to be aware on this update by using a package message.

lot's changed since then, most stayed the same. check
  https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/duplicity-announce/2023-08/msg00000.html

and the Changelogs of the releases thereafter
  https://gitlab.com/duplicity/duplicity/-/releases

the general backup format so far is unchanged. so backups from v0.8.x-1.x are restorable with v2.x .

> Other doubt is related to gpg1 and gpg2 support. The current port supports both.
> For what I see in OpenBSD, NetBSD and some Linux distros, they only have support for gpg2.

that will not be an issue as duplicity supports gpg2 fine since quite a while.

> Any recomendations will be very nice.

there is a major rework underway wrt. the setup routine. not sure if it may be advisable to wait for that. also not sure which state that is in right now. Ken the maintainer can shine light on these details. i cc'd him.

hope that helped.. ede/duply.net