Merge pull request #98 from borgbackup/borg2-updates

b6 and b7 updates

Author: ThomasWaldmann

releases/borg-2.0.rst

@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ and GUIs for borg also need to get adapted.
 Major new features
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-- added retries for input files (e.g. if there is a read error or file changed while reading)
+- create: added retries for input files (e.g. if there is a read error or file changed while reading)
+- extract --continue: continue a previously interrupted extraction
+- additionally to ssh: repos, also implement repos via unix domain (ipc) socket
 
 - better, more modern, faster crypto
 
@@ -70,11 +72,12 @@ Major new features
   - borg rcreate can create "related repositories" of an existing repo, e.g. to use them
     for efficient archive transfers using borg transfer.
   - borg transfer can copy and convert archives from a borg 1.x repo to a related borg 2 repo.
-    to save time, it will transfer the compressed file content chunks (without compressing them
-    again).
+    to save time, it will transfer the compressed file content chunks without recompressing.
     but, to make your repo more secure, it will decrypt / re-encrypt all the chunks.
   - borg transfer can copy archives from one borg 2 repo to a related other borg 2 repo,
     without doing any conversion.
+  - borg transfer usually transfers compressed chunks (avoids recompression), but there is
+    also the option to recompress them using a specific compressor.
 
 - command line interface cleanups
 
@@ -110,6 +113,7 @@ Other changes
 - do not store .borg_part files in final archive, simplify statistics (no parts stats any more)
 - avoid orphan chunks on input files with OSErrors
 - make sure archive name/comment, stuff that get into JSON is pure valid utf-8 (no surrogate escapes)
+- new remote and progress logging (tunneled through RPC result channel)
 - internal data format / processing changes
 
   - using msgpack spec 2.0 now, cleanly differentiating between text and binary bytes.
@@ -156,3 +160,6 @@ Other changes
   - removed some code only needed to deal with very old attic or borg repos.
     users are expected to first upgrade to borg 1.2 before jumping to borg 2.0,
     thus we do not have to deal with any ancient stuff any more.
+  - Manifest and archive TAMs now are always required.
+    Manifest TAMs should be there since borg 1.0.9 upgrade.
+    All archives should have TAMs since borg 1.2.5/1.2.6 upgrade.