I've just released version 0.7.0 of Obnam, the encrypting backup program. It's still an alpha version and only suitable for a light trial of a modest amount of data that isn't sensitive. I would welcome any feedback you may have.

Release notes follow.

Version 0.7.0, released 2022-01-04

Breaking changes

• No known breaking changes in this release.

New or changed features

• Command that retrieve and use backups from the server now verify that the backup's schema is compatible with the running version of Obnam. This means, for example, that obnam restore won't try to restore a backup it doesn't know it can restore.

Internal changes

• Update Subplot step bindings with types for captures to allow Subplot to verify that embedded files in obnam.md are actually used.

• Tidy up code in various ways.

• The Obnam release process now has a step to run cargo update after the crate's version number has been updated, so that the Cargo.lock file gets updated.

Changes to documentation

• The obnam crate now documents all exported symbols. This should make the crate somewhat less hostile to use.

• The minimum supported Rust version is whatever is going to be in the next Debian stable release (code name bookworm).

Thank you

Several people have helped with this release, with changes or feedback.

• Alexander Batischev
• Lars Wirzenius

(Our apologies to anyone who's been forgotten.)