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12 Aug 18:40

v2.0.0-rc1

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This is the first release candidate for Back In Time 2.0.0 .

It is one of the largest updates in the project's history. It includes a major refactoring of the configuration mangement, a complete rewrite of the mount subsystem, replaces EncFS with Gocryptfs for encrypted profiles, and removes several deprecated features.

Although extensive testing has been performed, this is still a release candidate . We encourage users to test it

and report your tests even if you haven't found any regressions. Tests without regressions are also an important information to the project and its release process!

Warning<br>Do not test this release with your regular configuration.

Version 2.0.0 migrates the configuration and the changes might not be backward compatible. EncFS profiles are also removed. Once a configuration has been opened with 2.0.0, it may no longer work correctly with older Back In Time releases.

Please test in a virtual machine or with a separate configuration using the --config command-line option.

Highlights

Complete rewrite of the mount subsystem (backend and encryption handling).

Gocryptfs replaces EncFS for encrypted SSH profiles.

Major refactoring of the configuratoin mangement.

Calculate disk space savings because of hard-links.

Numerous bug fixes, GUI improvements, internal cleanups and more refactoring.

Breaking Changes

Python 3.13 or newer is now required.

EncFS support has been removed. Existing EncFS profiles are no longer supported and will be removed .

Config files written by 2.0.0 are not backward compatible to previous versions.

Some (not all) deprecated CLI options and commands have been removed .

For the complete list of changes, see the changelog.

Compare with the previous release: v1.6.1...v2.0.0-rc1

Feedback

Please report regressions or unexpected behaviour in the Issues section. Feedback from testing this release candidate will help ensure a stable 2.0.0 final release. Feel free to use other contact channels.

Installation

This release contains the source code only and does not include distribution packages. To build from source, please follow the build & installation instructions.

Contributors

This version received extensive support from external contributors (in alphabetical order by last name or nickname):

Ajeem Khan (@Ajeem-git) fixed mouse navigation

@arcsinhx provided a new feature to calculate disk space savings by using hardlinks

Daidalos (@D4id4los) fixed a problem regarding Btrfs-subvolumes

Fabio Fantoni (@Fantu) added a fix to the install routine

@graysky and @NicholasFlamy provided improvements to the documentation

Dan Kortschak (@kortschak) enabled SSH agent access

Dominic Maluski (@maluskid) provided GUI improvements

Several translators (full credits)

Also not to be forgotten are the many people who supported the project by testing it, providing feedback, reporting issues, and analyzing problems.

Infrastructur and tools provided by Codeberg (translate.codeberg.org), TravisCI, Debian GNU/Linux, GNU Emacs, …

Please let me know if I missed a contribution.

Contributors

graysky, kortschak, and 6 other contributors

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