Back in Time 1.3.1

CHANGELOG

• bump version, forgot to push branch to Github before releasing

Back in Time 1.3.0

Changelog

• Merge PR: Fix FileNotFoundError exception in mount.mounted, Thanks tatokis (#1157)
• Merge PR: qt/plugins/notifyplugin: Fix setting self.user, not local variable, Thanks Zocker1999NET (#1155)
• Merge PR: Use Link Color instead of lightGray as not to break theming, Thanks newhinton (#1153)
• Merge PR: Match old and new rsync version format, Thanks TheTimeWalker (#1139)
• Merge PR: 'TempPasswordThread' object has no attribute 'isAlive', Thanks FMeinicke (#1135)
• Merge PR: Keep permissions of an existing mountpoint from being overridden, Thanks bentolor (#1058)
• Fix bug: YEAR missing in config (#1023)
• Fix bug: SSH module didn't send identification string while checking if remote host is avilable (#1030)

Back in Time 1.2.1

Bugfix release

Changelog:

• Fix bug: TypeError in backintime.py if mount failed while running a snapshot (#1005)

Back in Time 1.2.0

Final major release of Version 1.2.0

Changelog:

• switch to Qt5
• rewrite huge parts
• add unit-test for most important parts
• a lot more, I can't remember ;o)

Please find the full Changelog here

Back in Time 1.1.24

Fix a critical bug which allow shell injection

EDIT: This issue has been assigned CVE-2017-16667

Changelog:

• fix critical bug: shell injection in notify-send (#834)

Back in Time 1.1.22

Fix some minor bugs and backport from 1.2.0

Changelog:

• fix bug: stat free space for snapshot folder instead of backintime folder (#733)
• backport bug fix: backintime root crontab doesn't run; missinng line-feed 0x0A on last line (#781)
• backport bug fix: can't open files with spaces in name (#552)

Back in Time 1.1.20

This release fixes a critical bug which could be used to escalate permissions. @mgerstner identified a race condition in Polkit CheckAuthorization. It was reported as CVE-2017-7572

Changelog:

• backport bug fix: polkit CheckAuthorization: race condition in privilege authorization (CVE-2017-7572)

Back in Time 1.1.18

Again a Bug Fix release. I messed up the last release and BiT didn't take manual snapshots anymore. Sorry for the troubles.

Changelog:

• Fix bug: manual snapshots from GUI didn't work (#728)

Back in Time 1.1.16

This is a bug-fix release for Back in Time. I pushed the last release a bit overhasty which broke automatic snapshots. Sorry

Changelog

• backport bug fix: start a new ssh-agent instance only if necessary (#722)
• Fix bug: OSError when running backup-job from systemd (#720)

Back in Time 1.1.14

Bug fix release fixing a critical bug which could make a system unboot-able if restoring filesystem-root as root without 'Full rsync mode' and with ACL and/or xattr activated.

Couple other bug fixes have been backported from 1.2. series, too.

Changelog

• backport bug fix: udev schedule not working (#605)
• backport bug fix: Keyring doesn't work with KDE Plasma5 (#545)
• backport bug fix: nameError in tools.make_dirs (#622)
• backport bug fix: use current folder if no file is selected in files view
• Fix critical bug: restore filesystem-root without 'Full rsync mode' with ACL and/or xargs activated broke whole system (#708)