[[!tag obnam announcement]]

I have just released version 1.19.1 of Obnam, the backup program. See the website at http://obnam.org for details on what the program does. The new version is available from git (see http://git.liw.fi) and as Debian packages from http://code.liw.fi/debian, and uploaded to Debian, and soon in unstable.

The NEWS file extract below gives the highlights of what's new in this version. Basically, it fixes a bug.

NOTE: Obnam has an EXPERIMENTAL repository format under development, called green-albatross. It is NOT meant for real use. It is likely to change in incompatible ways without warning. Do not use it unless you're willing to lose your backup.

Version 1.19.1, released 2016-01-30

Bug fix:

• The check for paramiko version turned out not to work with versions 1.7.8 through 1.10.4, due to the paramiko.__version_info__ variable being missing. It's there in earlier and later versions. Lars Wirzenius added code to make the check work if the paramiko.__version__ variable is there. Jan Niggemann provided research and testing.