Bug#990379: unblock: rdiff-backup/2.0.5-2
Package: release.debian.org
Severity: normal
User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
Usertags: unblock
Hello,
Please unblock package rdiff-backup
rdiff-backup is a sort of rsync-like backup tool. It happens that the
version that will be shipped in Bullseye (2.0.5) has a network protocol
that is incompatible with that of the version that was shipped in Buster
(1.2.8). The details are in https://bugs.debian.org/975270
What I thus did was to upload a 2.0.5 version to buster-backports, so
that people can safely independently upgrade the rdiff-backup package on
all their buster systems, before upgrading their systems to bullseye at
their convenience.
[ Reason ]
The changes proposed here is just to explain this in the NEWS file.
[ Impact ]
If the NEWS entry is not added, the users will have to google out why
they got their backup broken, or worse, not notice that their backup got
broken.
[ Tests ]
[ Risks ]
This is a documentation-only change.
[ Checklist ]
[X] all changes are documented in the d/changelog
[X] I reviewed all changes and I approve them
[X] attach debdiff against the package in testing
unblock rdiff-backup/2.0.5-2
diff -Nru rdiff-backup-2.0.5/debian/changelog rdiff-backup-2.0.5/debian/changelog
--- rdiff-backup-2.0.5/debian/changelog 2020-08-06 05:36:34.000000000 +0200
+++ rdiff-backup-2.0.5/debian/changelog 2021-06-27 22:47:12.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+rdiff-backup (2.0.5-2) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+ * NEWS: Notify users that the network protocol of versions 1 and 2 of
+ rdiff-backup are incompatible (Closes: #975270).
+
+ -- Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2021 22:47:12 +0200
+
rdiff-backup (2.0.5-1) unstable; urgency=medium
[ Otto Kekäläinen ]
diff -Nru rdiff-backup-2.0.5/debian/NEWS rdiff-backup-2.0.5/debian/NEWS
--- rdiff-backup-2.0.5/debian/NEWS 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ rdiff-backup-2.0.5/debian/NEWS 2021-06-27 22:47:12.000000000 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+rdiff-backup (2.0.5-2) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+ The network protocol of versions 1 and 2 of rdiff-backup are incompatible.
+ This means that you must be running the same version (either 1 or 2) of
+ rdiff-backup locally and remotely. Since Buster ships version 1.2.8 and
+ Bullseye ships version 2.0.5, upgrading only the local system or only the
+ remote system from Buster to Bullseye will break rdiff-backup runs between
+ the two.
+
+ For conveniency, version 2.0.5 of rdiff-backup is available in the
+ buster-backports distribution, see https://backports.debian.org/
+ This allows to first upgrade only the rdiff-backup package on Buster
+ systems, and then independently upgrade systems to Bullseye at your
+ convenience.
+
+ -- Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2021 22:47:12 +0200
+
+
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