Hello,
this is the first release candidate for **Back In Time 2.0.0**.
It is one of the largest updates in the project's history. It includes a
major refactoring of the configuration management, a complete rewrite of
the mount subsystem, replaces EncFS with Gocryptfs for encrypted
profiles, and removes several deprecated features.
Although extensive testing has been performed, this is still a **release
candidate**. We encourage users to [test
it](https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/blob/dev/PLAY_WITH_BIT.md)
and report your tests even if you haven't found any regressions. Tests
without regressions are also an important information to the project and
its release process!
!WARNING: Do not test this release with your regular configuration.
Version 2.0.0 migrates the configuration and the changes might not be
backward compatible.
EncFS profiles are also removed. Once a configuration has been opened
with 2.0.0, it may no longer
work correctly with older Back In Time releases.
Please test in a virtual machine or with a separate configuration using
the `--config` command-line option.
Full release notes:
<https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/releases/tag/v2.0.0-rc1>
Changelog: <https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/blob/dev/CHANGES>
Please think about if you can share this announcement somewhere in your
channels and your community.
I the upcoming weeks I'll try to step back a bit from the project and
waiting for incoming test reports.
Best regards,
Christian Buhtz
