[[!tag obnam announcement]]

I've just released version 1.22 of Obnam, my backup application. It is the first release for this year. Packages are available on code.liw.fi/debian and in Debian unstable, and source is in git. A summary of the user-visible changes is below.

For those interested in living dangerously and accidentally on purpose deleting all their data, the link below shows that status and roadmap for FORMAT GREEN ALBATROSS. http://distix.obnam.org/obnam-dev/182bd772889544d5867e1a0ce4e76652.html

Version 1.22, released 2017-06-25

  • Lars Wirzenius made Obnam log the full text of an Obnam exception/error message with more than one line. In particular this applies to encryption error messages, which now log the gpg output.

  • Lars Wirzenius made obnam restore require absolute paths for files to be restored.

  • Lars Wirzenius made obnam forget use a little less memory. The amount depends on the number of genrations and the chunks they refer to.

  • Jan Niggemann updated the German translation of the Obnam manual to match recent changes in the English version.

  • SanskritFritz and Ian Cambell fixed the kdirstat plugin.

  • Lars Wirzenius changed Obnam to hide a Python stack trace when there's a problem with the SSH connection (e.g., failure to authenticate, or existing connection breaks).

  • Lars Wirzenius made the Green Albatross version of obnam forget actually free chunks that are no longer used.