0.7 Alpha 3 has been released. Install it with:
$ pip install https://github.com/wal-e/wal-e/archive/v0.7a3.tar.gz Highlights: Some causes of corruption backup-fetch have been solved, so upgrading is advised, although these defects have been present in WAL-E for a long time. In addition, support for AWS Instance Profiles has been added, as seen in the README. This feature request has been a long-standing one. In detail: ## More paranoid exception handling It was discovered by chance that StandardError was being caught when it would be better to use a more inclusive exception type, even BaseException. That has been fixed. See "Fix dangerous thinkos involving "StandardError"" ## fsync after download A poorly timed crash after backup-fetch could result in corruption as files and directories were never flushed before. This has been addressed. ## AWS Instance Profiles By adding the flag `--aws-instance-profile`, WAL-E will use the AWS metadata service to load credentials associated with the EC2 instance. ## Download/Upload Rate Reporting Fixes The wrong function was used to compute how long it take to upload or download a file. Figures emitted by WAL-E in logs should now be much more accurate. ## FreeBSD Compatibility A report came in that use of the file open mode string 'rwb' seems to only accidentally work on Linux and OS X, and doesn't work on FreeBSD. The Python manuals suggest 'r+b', and that is the mode now used to open files. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "wal-e" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
