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| author | Thomas Waldmann <tw@waldmann-edv.de> | 2015-10-17 22:27:59 +0200 |
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| committer | Thomas Waldmann <tw@waldmann-edv.de> | 2015-10-17 22:27:59 +0200 |
| commit | 6712bdf4566e7a1be0c93136965207d4ed81e861 (patch) | |
| tree | 5fee4f94b5ec29dda5ef0998e24d8f80f9a5e8b0 /README.rst | |
| parent | 0e9c52426633c22832a713edfe77713ee94e18b5 (diff) | |
include a list of major changes compared to attic into the README, fixes #224
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| -rw-r--r-- | README.rst | 30 |
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diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 1230dd1d6..3a2088e2f 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -132,14 +132,32 @@ Borg is a fork of `Attic`_ and maintained by "`The Borg collective`_". .. _The Borg collective: https://borgbackup.readthedocs.org/authors.html -Read `issue #1 <https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/issues/1>`_ about the initial -considerations regarding project goals and policy of the Borg project. +Differences between Attic and Borg +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Here's a (incomplete) list of some major changes: + + * more open, faster paced development (see `issue #1 <https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/issues/1>`_) + * lots of attic issues fixed (see `issue #5 <https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/issues/5>`_) + * less chunk management overhead via --chunker-params option (less memory and disk usage) + * faster remote cache resync (useful when backing up multiple machines into same repo) + * compression: no, lz4, zlib or lzma compression, adjustable compression levels + * repokey replaces problematic passphrase mode (you can't change the passphrase nor the pbkdf2 iteration count in "passphrase" mode) + * simple sparse file support, great for virtual machine disk files + * can read special files (e.g. block devices) or from stdin, write to stdout + * mkdir-based locking is more compatible than attic's posix locking + * uses fadvise to not spoil / blow up the fs cache + * better error messages / exception handling + * better output for verbose mode, progress indication + * tested on misc. Linux systems, 32 and 64bit, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Mac OS X + +Please read the `ChangeLog`_ (or ``CHANGES.rst`` in the source distribution) for more +information. + +BORG IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH ORIGINAL ATTIC (but there is a one-way conversion). -BORG IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH ORIGINAL ATTIC. EXPECT THAT WE WILL BREAK COMPATIBILITY REPEATEDLY WHEN MAJOR RELEASE NUMBER -CHANGES (like when going from 0.x.y to 1.0.0). Please read the -`ChangeLog`_ (or ``CHANGES.rst`` in the source distribution) for more -information. +CHANGES (like when going from 0.x.y to 1.0.0). NOT RELEASED DEVELOPMENT VERSIONS HAVE UNKNOWN COMPATIBILITY PROPERTIES. |