This release fixes 7 known bugs found in version 0.7.8.

Changelog

• Search for genisoimage and wodim in addition to mkisofs and cdrecord (Sven Joachim)
• Change mode of $mysql_conffile to 600 before writing password to it (Sven Joachim)
• Fix long version of -c option in backup-manager.8 (closes Debian #225) (Sven Joachim)
• Fix uploading very big archive files which don’t fit in memory
  to Amazon S3. (Rached Ben Mustapha)
• New configuration variable `BM_LOGGER_LEVEL’ to know which messages
  should be sent to syslog and which should not (FIX bug #223). (Alexis Sukrieh)
• BackupManager::Dialog now reads `BM_LOGGER_LEVEL’ and behaves
  accordingly. (Alexis Sukrieh)
• backup-manager-purge users BackupManager::Dialog instead of the
  internal logger by hand. (Alexis Sukrieh)

Download

backup-manager-0.7.9.tar.gz

But a couple of users asked me recently if it was possible to donate to the project, and this led to make me think about that idea.

I’d like to start by saying that my goal, when I do Free Software, is to contribute, to build upon new experiences and to take some fun.

This being said, I don’t have as much free time as I had when I started to work on Backup Manager, and I must say that it doesn’t get touched very often. Some users even asked me if the project was dead.

Well, first of all let me say it clearly and loudly: Backup Manager is not dead. It is still used by many users, thanks to Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora and other popular Linux distros, it’s a widely spreaded software. This is a major satisfaction for me, to see so many people happy with Backup Manager.

But still, I don’t have much time for it, and there are some bugs around I’d like to fix. Backup Manager has reached as stable state since the 0.7.x versions, and as there are no major issues with it, I admit it’s not my priority when I do Free Software.

But if you like to change that, if you want to push me up to my desk and say “Hey, I really, really want you to fix that bug”, then you now have an option: you can donate.

Here is what I have in mind: anyone can donate as much as he like (even one euro means something), and when I have time for Backup Manager, I’ll look at the donation to priorize my work (of course a big donation can make me find some time more easily).

I find that interesting, it gives credit to the donator, he can say to himself “I’m buying backup-manager a fix!”.

Feel free to use the comments below to tell me what you think about that idea.

Update : After reading that entry, I realized it might be misleading, so let’s be precise: of course you can still contribute in many ways other than donating: you can submit bug reports, or fork the project and apply a patch, or even help the users community…

The donation thing is just one more way among the old ones, not a replacement

This release fixes 14 known bugs found in version 0.7.7.

Changelog

• Tempfiles are correctly created/purged in backup-manager-upload – thanks to Josh Triplett and Thomas Parmelan. Closes Debian #461512.
• Added a –homedir flag to gnupg commands – thanks to Jochen Zimmermann. Closes Debian #494833.
• Removes MySQL configuration file when automatically created. – Thanks to Mihnea-Costin Grigore. Closes Debian #496051
• Resets the error_code so a failure doesn’t propagate -Thanks to Filippo Giunchedi. Closes Debian #482087
• Rewrite of check_error_code() so we can ignore some error codes depending on the program used. Closes Debian #482089.
• backup-manager-upload correctly report error when FTP uploads fail – thanks to Henning Bitsch for the report and Thomas Parmelan for the patch. Closes bug #199.
• doc/user-guide.sgml.  Fixed the example for BM_ARCHIVE_NICELEVEL – thanks to Rafa G. for the report. Closes bug #200.
• backup-manager-upload.  Fix in the get_ssh_opts function so we correctly retreive SSH/SCP switches. Closes bug #196.
• backup-manager-upload. Don’t set a port switch to ssh/scp commands if BM_UPLOAD_SSH_PORT is not set. Thanks to Andy Shinn for the report and the diagnostic. Closes bug #195.
• lib/backup-methods.sh. Change permission whenever an archive is made, ether if it’s correctly built or not. Thansk to Philippe Villiers for the report. Closes bug #194.
• lib/backup-methods.sh. Don’t try to build empty archives for targets found in BM_TARBALL_BLACKLIST. Thanks to Henning Bitsch for the report. Closes bug #178.

Download

backup-manager-0.7.8.tar.gz

This release is the third bugfix version of the stable branch.

It fixes a security issue about a password disclosure that occurs during FTP uploads.

Changelog

• Fixed Bug #173: password disclosure in backup uploads with FTP

Download
backup-manager-0.6.3.tar.gz

Take care and happy backups