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This release follows straight after 1.6.0 fixing GUI bugs in context of the SSH-key selector widget in the General tab of the Manage profile dialog. Thank you to @graysky2 for discovering and reporting this issues (#2399, [#2400]).
- Compare this 1.6.1 version with previous 1.6.0.
- Please note also previous release notes of version 1.6.0.
Changelog
- Fixed: SSH-Key selector widget handle binary keys, missing but configured keys (#2399, [#2400])
- Fixed: SSH-Key selector widget is more robust on unexpected edge cases (#2399, [#2400])
- Fixed: Install backintime-config man page in correct location
- See changelog for details also in previous versions.
Installation
This release contains the source code only and does not include distribution packages. To install the new release from the source code please follow our build & installation instructions.
Known Major Issues
- qt_probing.py may hang with high CPU usage when running Back In Time as root via cron (https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/issues/1592)
- File permissions handling and therefore possible non-differential backups (#2388, https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/issues/988 & https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/issues/994)
