Borg 1.4

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Date:
2024-07-03

This marks the first stable release in the Borg 1.4 series, which is a refreshed/modernized continuation of the Borg 1.2 codebase with a few major new features; otherwise, it is proven, stable code and quite similar to use as Borg 1.2.

Thanks to everybody who contributed to development or maintenance, either by their time or by funding!

Since Borg 1.4 is now stable, it will primarily receive fixes and minor additions, but not potentially problematic code changes. Principal development continues in the master branch.

Changelog summary

This is only a summary of the changes between 1.2.7 and 1.4. Check the full changelog to see all changes as well as important compatibility and upgrade notes.

Major new features in the 1.4 release series are:

  • BORG_EXIT_CODES=modern: optional more specific return codes (for errors and warnings)

  • borg create: add the "slashdot hack" to strip recursion root prefixes

  • borg version REPO: show the version of the Borg client and server

Other major changes:

  • ACL code: refactor, improve acl_get/acl_set error handling

  • require Python >= 3.9, Cython >= 3.0.3, msgpack >= 1.0.3

  • removed bundled third-party code (lz4/zstd/xxhash)

  • modernized Python packaging (use pyproject.toml, use setup.py less)

  • use PyInstaller 6.7.0 and Python 3.11 for the binary builds

  • new naming convention for fat binaries (includes the glibc version for Linux)