nssbackup 0.2

Final milestone for stable release of NSsbackup series 0.2.

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Project:
nssbackup
Series:
0.2
Version:
0.2
Released:
 
Registrant:
Jean-Peer Lorenz
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Assignees:
26 Jean-Peer Lorenz, 22 Oumar Aziz OUATTARA, 7 sbackup Maintainers
Blueprints:
8 Implemented
Bugs:
1 Invalid, 46 Fix Released

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Release notes 

After a lot of hard work on existing and new features, packaging, and testing, finally the stable release for the 0.2 series of NSsbackup is out. Thanks to all who contributed to this release with coding, sending patches, testing, reporting bugs and translating!

This stable release with version 0.2.0 fixes many, many bugs and is ready for daily use. See the changelog on the download page for more information.

Known issues - There are a few known issues in NSsbackup 0.2.0:

* No Help available on Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy (due to use of Mallard)
* No notifications when running scheduled backups on Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy
* Paths containing '=' and ',' are troublesome

Changelog 

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  * [Fix] LP Bug #573733: nssbackup does not prevent itself from running in
          parallel.
  * [Fix] LP Bug #526544: was re-opened, missing newline at eof
  * [FIX] LP Bug #577296: Crash, with "%d format: a number is required, not str"
  * [Fix] LP Bug #258542 from Mascha's branch: adding a $ add the end of new
          file types; old file type regexps must be edited by hand to add the $;
          prior defined file types are handled as "normal" regular expression,
          display file type regular expressions also under regular expression
          tab to make this clear
  * [Fix] regression of LP #146618: The file size limitation should not be a
          recommendation
  * [Fix] regression: avoid backup of circular symlinks in the case of link
          dereferencing (follow symlinks)
  * [Fix] implemented a work-around to enable notifications when running as
          root from cron/anacron
  * [Fix] avoid merge of snapshots when purging snapshots by only removing
          stand-alone snapshots
  * [Fix] minor changes in file collection codes (counting symlinks as
          included files)
  * [Fix] execution of tar within empty environment; this avoids manipulation
          of tar options by leaked in environment variables and fixes a
          performance bug related to non-englisch languages (LANG) and tar
          (tar was much (6x) slower when running localized)
  * [Fix] make uninstall and removal of debian package did not removed written
          cron entries
  * [Fix] when starting another instance of nssbackupd or GUI tools previous
          log files were overwritten (introduces rotating log file handling)
  * [Fix] skip excluded paths when merging snar files (see also LP #567965)
  * [Fix] issues with non-translated strings due to incorrect import order
          of modules
  * [Fix] typos and minor issues with translatable strings corrected
  * [Fix] avoid system locks when running scheduled backups by decreasing
          priority of backup process (nice/ionice)
  * [Fix] disable timeout (Signal ALARM) after exception handling
  * [Change] Logarithmic purge disabled since it still has issues
  * [Enhancement] improvements to the release script
  * [Enhancement] improved handling of tar output
  * [Enhancement] added support for compressed log files
  * [Enhancement] Exclude process pid files as recommendation
  * [Enhancement] added Regex for exclusion of backup files '*~' to the default
                  recommendations
  * [Enhancement] create a log directory exclusively for nssbackup as default
                  recommendation in order not to mess up /var/log (no changes
                  are made on existing configurations)
  * Launchpad translations merged

8 blueprints and 47 bugs targeted

Blueprint Priority Assignee Delivery
Possibility to write a TAR Snapshot file Possibility to write a TAR Snapshot file 5 Essential sbackup Maintainers  11 Implemented
Usage of tar backup functionalities Usage of tar backup functionalities 5 Essential sbackup Maintainers  11 Implemented
Upgrade snapshot from 1.4 to 1.5 Upgrade snapshot from 1.4 to 1.5 4 High sbackup Maintainers  11 Implemented
Compression option support Compression option support 3 Medium sbackup Maintainers  11 Implemented
Logarithm Purge Logarithm Purge 3 Medium sbackup Maintainers  11 Implemented
Multiple configuration support Multiple configuration support 3 Medium Oumar Aziz OUATTARA  11 Implemented
Snapshot Management Snapshot Management 3 Medium sbackup Maintainers  11 Implemented
Split a snapshot into small pieces Split a snapshot into small pieces 3 Medium sbackup Maintainers  11 Implemented
Bug report Importance Assignee Status
155718 #155718 sbackup fails silently when backup reaches maximum filesize for filesystem 3 High Oumar Aziz OUATTARA  3 Invalid
303648 #303648 If the target directory isn't accessable, execution of backup daemon and restoration gui fails. 2 Critical Jean-Peer Lorenz  10 Fix Released
303648 #303648 If the target directory isn't accessable, execution of backup daemon and restoration gui fails. 2 Critical Jean-Peer Lorenz  10 Fix Released
174284 #174284 Exclusion functionalities not working 3 High Oumar Aziz OUATTARA  10 Fix Released
189879 #189879 NSSbackup cannot find files.snar -> crash 3 High Oumar Aziz OUATTARA  10 Fix Released
191127 #191127 simple-backup-config does not check for validity of regex exclusion rules 3 High Oumar Aziz OUATTARA  10 Fix Released
240000 #240000 NSSBackup never really begins when loops with symbolic links 3 High Oumar Aziz OUATTARA  10 Fix Released
281852 #281852 NsSbackup Restoration GUI does not start after fresh installation - hard crash. 3 High Oumar Aziz OUATTARA  10 Fix Released
299967 #299967 Using regular expressions in NSsbackup does not work properly. 3 High Jean-Peer Lorenz  10 Fix Released
303661 #303661 In configuration tool: if specified target doesn't exist, the target directory will be created. 3 High Jean-Peer Lorenz  10 Fix Released
319294 #319294 NSsbackup does not properly handle errors from the notification module 3 High Jean-Peer Lorenz  10 Fix Released
331282 #331282 Installation fails in post installation process 3 High Jean-Peer Lorenz  10 Fix Released
331507 #331507 NSsbackup Configuration will not start at all 3 High Jean-Peer Lorenz  10 Fix Released
336999 #336999 Installation failed from ppa for jaunty. 3 High Oumar Aziz OUATTARA  10 Fix Released
336999 #336999 Installation failed from ppa for jaunty. 3 High Oumar Aziz OUATTARA  10 Fix Released
338280 #338280 Link for anacron backup script points to directory instead of script. 3 High Oumar Aziz OUATTARA  10 Fix Released
382753 #382753 NSSBackup doesn't exclude folders with special characters 3 High Jean-Peer Lorenz  10 Fix Released
512007 #512007 Backup over ssh : Permission denied 3 High Oumar Aziz OUATTARA  10 Fix Released
515449 #515449 Not able to change split size with no compression option (was some oddities) 3 High Oumar Aziz OUATTARA  10 Fix Released
526544 #526544 Bug "précisement à..." 3 High Jean-Peer Lorenz  10 Fix Released
526544 #526544 Bug "précisement à..." 3 High Jean-Peer Lorenz  10 Fix Released
573733 #573733 nssbackup does not prevent itself from running in parallel. 3 High Jean-Peer Lorenz  10 Fix Released
137293 #137293 emty dialog when restoring with sbackup 4 Medium Jean-Peer Lorenz  10 Fix Released
137293 #137293 emty dialog when restoring with sbackup 4 Medium Jean-Peer Lorenz  10 Fix Released
158005 #158005 [TechWhish] Use setup.py to install 4 Medium Oumar Aziz OUATTARA  10 Fix Released
176838 #176838 Incremental backups should not appear incremental when restoring 4 Medium Oumar Aziz OUATTARA  10 Fix Released
258542 #258542 Excluding files by type excludes more than expected 4 Medium Jean-Peer Lorenz  10 Fix Released
284013 #284013 i18n does not work due to wrong place of *.mo files (on Ubuntu) 4 Medium Oumar Aziz OUATTARA  10 Fix Released
331349 #331349 [Regression] Backup into target directory containing spaces fails. 4 Medium Jean-Peer Lorenz  10 Fix Released
334580 #334580 Backup fails due to error when accessing a temporary file 4 Medium Jean-Peer Lorenz  10 Fix Released
334580 #334580 Backup fails due to error when accessing a temporary file 4 Medium Jean-Peer Lorenz  10 Fix Released
337921 #337921 ImportError: No module named nssbackup.util.log in ImportError: No module named nssbackup.util.log 4 Medium Jean-Peer Lorenz  10 Fix Released
337921 #337921 ImportError: No module named nssbackup.util.log in ImportError: No module named nssbackup.util.log 4 Medium Jean-Peer Lorenz  10 Fix Released
503597 #503597 Incremental backups fail due to available space prediction 4 Medium Jean-Peer Lorenz  10 Fix Released
503597 #503597 Incremental backups fail due to available space prediction 4 Medium Jean-Peer Lorenz  10 Fix Released
557415 #557415 ignores maxsize setting 4 Medium Jean-Peer Lorenz  10 Fix Released
557415 #557415 ignores maxsize setting 4 Medium Jean-Peer Lorenz  10 Fix Released
299964 #299964 Exception 'TypeError' is raised if an error occurs while pulling a snapshot. 5 Low Jean-Peer Lorenz  10 Fix Released
330387 #330387 Cosmetic errors 5 Low Jean-Peer Lorenz  10 Fix Released
330387 #330387 Cosmetic errors 5 Low Jean-Peer Lorenz  10 Fix Released
337267 #337267 does not save when to make backups 5 Low Oumar Aziz OUATTARA  10 Fix Released
141002 #141002 wish for multiple parallel backups 6 Wishlist Oumar Aziz OUATTARA  10 Fix Released
144295 #144295 Wishlist: Automatically split tar files at max size for filesystem 6 Wishlist Oumar Aziz OUATTARA  10 Fix Released
149865 #149865 [Wishlist] Option not to gzip 6 Wishlist Oumar Aziz OUATTARA  10 Fix Released
162597 #162597 [Tech] Get rid of GnomeVFS dependancy 6 Wishlist Oumar Aziz OUATTARA  10 Fix Released
181131 #181131 NsSBackup doesn't seem to follow linked folder 6 Wishlist Oumar Aziz OUATTARA  10 Fix Released
248138 #248138 La sauvegarde ne génère qu'un fichier nssbackup.log 1 Undecided Oumar Aziz OUATTARA  10 Fix Released
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