From d83bd1bf296d94511a5a1381656028418b476296 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frank Crawford Date: Apr 13 2020 16:26:26 +0000 Subject: Update modules/release-notes/pages/sysadmin/System_Utilities.adoc Added release notes for rdiff-backup v2.0.0 for F32 release. --- diff --git a/modules/release-notes/pages/sysadmin/System_Utilities.adoc b/modules/release-notes/pages/sysadmin/System_Utilities.adoc index 0a726c8..4e3ac11 100644 --- a/modules/release-notes/pages/sysadmin/System_Utilities.adoc +++ b/modules/release-notes/pages/sysadmin/System_Utilities.adoc @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ - include::{partialsdir}/entities.adoc[] [[sect-system-utilities]] @@ -28,3 +27,36 @@ Notable changes include: For full information about this release, see the link:https://mariadb.com/kb/en/changes-improvements-in-mariadb-104/[official MariaDB release notes]. +== rdiff-backup 2.0.0 + +This new release has been made truly ready for the future, with a move to https://github.com/rdiff-backup[GitHub], Python 3 support, automated CI/CD +pipeline on https://travis-ci.org/rdiff-backup[Travis], availability on https://pypi.org/project/rdiff-backup[PyPi] and no known regression bug +compared to version 1.2.8/1.3.3. + +We even found the time to add a few features for you (details in the https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup/blob/v2.0.0/CHANGELOG[change log]): + +* sparse files handling has become more efficient on file systems which support it +* more compressed file formats are kept as-is +* have a look at the `--no-fsync` option to improve speed of backup (at the slight risk of data loss) +* reproducible builds are possible +* verbosity can be set via environment variable `RDIFF_BACKUP_VERBOSITY` + +On the down side, we have to say that due to the many changes, rdiff-backup 2.x can't communicate with older versions 1.x in client-server mode (*but* the +repository formats remain compatible), so you'll need to upgrade client and server at once. + +Which brings us to the installation, described in details in the https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup/blob/v2.0.0/README.md[read me], +but here's the quick version: + +* On Fedora 32, in this distribution +* On Fedora 30 and 31 available as an update +* CentOS/RHEL 7 and 8, available as an update in https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL[EPEL] +* On Ubuntu, you may use https://code.launchpad.net/~rdiff-backup/+archive/ubuntu/rdiff-backup-development[Otto's PPA repo] +* Windows, download the asset `rdiff-backup-2.0.0.win32exe.zip` from https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup/releases/tag/v2.0.0[here] and +unpack it somewhere in your `PATH`. +* Any other supported platform, use `pip install rdiff-backup` (or download and install the proper asset from +https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup/releases/tag/v2.0.0[here]). + +If you encounter issues, log a ticket in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/[Bugzilla], contact us on the https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-user[rdiff-backup-users mailing list] +and/or https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup/issues/new[report an issue]. + +Happy backup, and remember: _no_ backup, _no_ pity!