Mailman 3 February 2026 - Bit-dev

Announcement: "plugin system" will be removed
by c.buhtz＠posteo.jp Feb. 17, 2026

Feb. 17, 2026

Hello, I just won't to inform that I'll plan to remove the "plugin system". <https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/issues/2424> There is no concrete time schedule for it. But I like to announce this as early as possible. Let me know if anyone of you created and is using a user-defined plugin beside the ones offered by Back In Time itself. The regular user callback scripts will work and are not related to that issue. The issue at Mastodon: <https://fosstodon.org/@backintime/116087256061038756> Regards, Christian Buhtz

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Announcement: Release 1.6.1
by c.buhtz＠posteo.jp Feb. 10, 2026

Feb. 10, 2026

Hello, two days later I have to announce the 1.6.1 release fixing some minor issues. Full release notes: <https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/releases/tag/v1.6.1> Changelog: <https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/blob/dev/CHANGES> Regards, Christian Buhtz

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Announcement: Release 1.6.0
by c.buhtz＠posteo.jp Feb. 8, 2026

Feb. 8, 2026

Hello, I am happy to announce the 1.6.0 release today. Full release notes: <https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/releases/tag/v1.6.0> Changelog: <https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/blob/dev/CHANGES> Let me give you a summary. Gocryptfs is used for encryption in local profiles. This replaces EncFS with its known security issues. Therefore, using EncFS for encryption is no longer supported for newly created profiles (local and SSH), but remains available for existing profiles. Gocryptfs encryption for SSH profiles is not yet available and will follow in a later release. Package maintainers should be aware of modified dependencies and adjust their packaging accordingly. After 17 years of existence, Back In Time now has its own application logo, provided by Gregory Deseck (@gregorydk). Support for external SSH key agents and configurations was added. There is a new option to warn users about low available storage space. Several changes and improvements were made to the GUI, most of them in the Manage Profiles dialog. Translations improved and updated. Excluding English, 17 of 44 languages are fully translated, 9 are over 80%, but 7 languages are lower than 50% complete and removal candiates for the next release. Newly added language: Georgian. Because of no translation activity the languages Bosnian, Thai, and Occidental/Interlingue were removed. Several bug fixes and a large part of the codebase were refactored. Regards, Christian Buhtz

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Packaging and final testing 1.6.0
by c.buhtz＠posteo.jp Feb. 7, 2026

Feb. 7, 2026

Hello, I packaged the 1.6.0 [1] release as a tar.gz [2]. Would be nice if some of you could give it a try installing it and see if everything is well packed. Thank you in advance, Christian [1] -- <https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/pull/2395> [2] -- <https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/pull/2395#issuecomment-3864022310>

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