Back In Time version 0.9.99beta5

This is the first beta release on the way to 1.0. It is available on testing repository. Please keep in mind that this version is for testing only.

Changes (for 1.0):

• add support for ionice
• multiple profiles support
• remove “schedule per included directory” (profiles do that)
• new snapshot folder is restructure: <path>/backintime/machine/user/profile_id/
• added option to disable snapshots when on battery
• many bugs fixed

Back In Time version 0.9.26

Change log:

• update translations
• Fix a bug in smart-remove algorithm (https://bugs.launchpad.net/backintime/+bug/376104)
• Fix bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/backintime/+bug/374477
• Fix bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/backintime/+bug/375113
• add ‘–no-check’ option to configure scripts
• use only ‘folder’ term (more consistent with GNOME/KDE)
• add ‘expert option’: enable/disable nice for cron jobs
• GNOME & KDE4: refresh snapshots button force files view to update too
• you can include a backup parent directory (backup directory will auto-exclude itself)
• fix some small bugs

Back In Time version 0.9.24

Change log:

• update translations
• KDE4: fix python string <=> QString problems
• KDE4 FilesView/SnapshotsDialog: ctrl-click just select (don’t execute)
• KDE4: fix crush after “take snapshot” process
• store basic permission in a special file so it can restore them correctly (event from NTFS)
• implement Gnome/KDE4 systray icons and user.callback as plugins
• reorganize code: common/GNOME/KDE4
• GNOME: break the big glade file in multiple file
• backintime is no longer aware of ‘backintime-gnome’ and ‘backintime-kde4′ (you need run ‘backintime-gnome’ for GNOME version and ‘backintime-kde4′ for KDE4 version)

Back In Time version 0.9.22.1

Change log:

• fix French translation

Back In Time version 0.9.22

Change log:

• update translations
• KDE4: fix some translation problems
• remove –safe-links for save/restore (this means copy symlinks as symlinks)
• create directory now use python os.makedirs (replace use of mkdir command)
• KDE4: fix a crush related to QString – python string conversion
• GNOME & KDE4 SettingsDialog: if schedule automatic backups per directory is set, global schedule is hidden
• GNOME FilesView: thread “*~” files (backup files) as hidden files
• GNOME: use gtk-preferences icon for SettingsDialog (replace gtk-execute icon)
• expert option: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/backintime/user.callback (if exists) is called a different steps  of “take snapshot” process (before, after, on error, is a new snapshot was taken).
• add more command line options: –snapshots-list, –snapshots-list-path, –last-snapshot, –last-snapshot-path
• follow FreeDesktop directories specs:
  • $XDG_DATA_HOME (default: $HOME/.local/share) to store app.lock files
  • $XDG_CONFIG_HOME (default: $HOME/.config) to save settings
• new install system: use more common steps (./configure; make; sudo make install)

Warning: User accounts lost

Back In Time hostings has changed and how it has it’s own domain: backintime.le-web.org.

During the migration it seems that the user accounts was lost !

Please register again.

Back In Time version 0.9.20

Change log:

• smart remove: fix an important bug and make it more verbose in syslog
• update translations

For more information go to Back In Time page.

Back In Time version 0.9.18

Change log:

• update translations
• GNOME bugfix: fix a crush in files view for files with special characters (ex: “a%20b”)
• GNOME SettingsDialog bugfix: if snapshots path is a new created folder, snapshots navigation (files view) don’t work
• update doc
• GNOME & KDE4 MainWindow: Rename “Places” list with “Snapshots”
• GNOME SettingsDialog bugfix: modify something, then press cancel. If you reopen the dialog it show wrong values (the ones before cancel)
• GNOME & KDE4: add root mode menu entries (use gksu for gnome and kdesudo for kde)
• GNOME & KDE4: MainWindow – Files view: if the current directory don’t exists in current snapshot display a message
• SettingDialog: add an expert option to enable to schedule automatic backups per directory
• SettingDialog: schedule automatic backups – if the application can’t find crontab it show an error
• SettingDialog: if the application can’t write in snapshots directory there should be an error message
• add cron in common package dependencies
• GNOME & KDE4: rework settings dialog
• SettingDialog: add an option to enable/disable notifications

For more information go to Back In Time page.

Back In Time version 0.9.16.1

Change log:

• fix a bug/crush for French version

For more information go to Back In Time page.

Back In Time version 0.9.16

Change log:

• update translations
• don’t show the snapshot that is being taken in snapshots list
• GNOME & KDE4: when the application starts and snapshots directory don’t exists show a messagebox
• give more information for ‘take snapshot’ progress (to prove that is not blocked)
• MainWindow: rename ‘Timeline’ column with ‘Snapshots’
• when it tries to take a snapshot if the snapshots directory don’t exists (it is on a removable drive that is not plugged) it will notify and wait maxmimum 30 seconds (for the drive to be plugged)
• GNOME & KDE4: add notify if the snapshots directory don’t exists
• KDE4: rework MainWindow

For more information go to Back In Time page.