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version 0.9.2 -- unreleased 
	fixed missing makecd.helper in Makefile.am/.in
	rdiff ninjahelper bugfixed:
		used to expand '*' in default source directories

version 0.9.1 -- November 05 2005
	rearranged source so that it is relocatable with autotools
		(thanks to Petr Kl�ma petr.klima@madeta-group.cz)
	fixed many bugs in rdiff helper
	rdiff handler does not require 'label' (for real this time?)
	added makecd ninjahelper
		(thanks to Stefani stefani@riseup.net)
	made ninjahelper create files with mode 600 rather than 000
	changed subversion handler to use svnadmin hotcopy instead of
	        the unsupported hot-copy.py script, which was moved in Debian
	update rdiff ninjahelper
	        now detects and auto-install rdiff-backup on the remote 
	        machine if possible, also tests the remote backup directory
	        and offers to create it if it doesn't exist

version 0.9 -- October 19 2005
	*** IMPORTANT CHANGE, UPGRADE AT ONCE ***
	 fixed insecure temporary file creation 
	*****************************************
	removed erroneous magic file marker in pgsql handler
	fixed incorrect find positional
	changed direct grep of /etc/passwd to getent passwd.
	rdiff helper has much better information on failed ssh attempt
		(patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
	rdiff handler now supports remote source and local dest. 
		(patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
	man pages are greatly improved.

version 0.8 -- September 15 2005
	added pgsql (PostgreSQL) handler, with vservers support.
	added vservers support to duplicity handler
		Note: the configuration is a bit different than the rdiff
		handler's one, but the default behavior is the same:
		have a look at example.dup.
	improved README
	documented .disabled method.
	corrected VROOTDIR default value.
	added ninjahelper to the install instructions.
	improved rdiff, dup and sys handlers' vservers support
		prevent vserver-debiantools' $VROOTDIR/ARCHIVES directory
		to be seen as a vserver
	changes to sys handler
		make use of configurable $VSERVERINFO instead of hard-coded vserver-info.
		fixed dpkg existence test inside vserver.
		fixed $nodpkg use.
	changes to pgsql handler
		now checks if the specified vserver is running.
		now checks if $PGSQLDUMP/$PGSQLDUMPALL are available where needed.
		now checks if "postgres" user exists on the host/vserver.
	changes to ninjahelper
		check_perms() does not die anymore on group/world readable
		helper scripts (now consistent with the "helper scripts
		must not be group or world writable!" error msg).
	xedit action now tries $EDITOR, then /etc/alternatives/editor,
		then nano, vim and vi, and aborts if none of these exists.
	added helper for pgsql handler.
	rdiff handler now does not require 'label'
	changes to mysql and svn handlers' vservers support
		these handlers now check if the source vserver is running
	added 'ignores' for mysql handler. (thanks Daniel.Bonniot@inria.fr)

version 0.7 -- July 26 2005
	added ninjahelper: a dialog based wizard for creating backupninja configs.
	considerably improved and changed the log file output.
	you can now disable actions with .disabled (this is new preferred method).
	added makecd handler and example.makecd for backing up to cd/dvd (thanks stef).
	fixed bug when specifying multiple 'when' options.

version 0.6 -- June 16 2005
	ldap handler has new options: backup method to use (ldapsearch or
		slapcat), restart, passwordfile and binddn. Default backup method
		is set to ldapsearch as this is safer
	******************************************************************
	NOTE: to get the previous default behavior with the ldap handler, 
	you must set "method = slapcat". The new default is ldapsearch.
	******************************************************************
	implemented fix so that the main script will echo fatal errors rather
		than being silent about them, this means an error message every hour
		if there is a major configuration problem (not a handler problem)
	added vserver support to main script and to the handlers: mysql, svn, sys, rdiff
	changes to duplicity handler (thanks intrigeri!):
		"keep = yes" now disables file cleaning on desthost
		added "sign" option for backups signing
		added "encryptkey" option to specify the gpg key to use
		split config into [source], [gpg] and [dest] sections
		added "nicelevel" option
		added "testconnect" option
		added "sshoptions" option (will be passed to ssh/scp)
		added "bandwidthlimit" option
	example.dup example config file for duplicity handler 
	added trac (http://trac.edgewall.com/) environment handler (thanks Charles Lepple!)
	added configfile option to mysql handler
		the default is /etc/mysql/debian.cnf. with this, 
		sqldump doesn't need dbusername. (hotcopy still does).
	fixed bug in mysql handler which caused some passwords to not work.
		(.my.cnf files now have double quotes around password)
	can now pass options to hwinfo and sfdisk in sys handler.

version 0.5 -- April 12 2005
	rdiff handler works when remote sshd has a banner
	rdiff handler supports local dest 
	logfile is created if it doesn't exist
	added "when = hourly" 
	added optional 'nicelevel' to rdiff handler
	fixed bug where actions were not run in numeric order.
	improved 'when' parsing.

version 0.4.4 -- March 18 2005
	results of handlers are now read line by line. 
	changes to rdiff handler: added "options", and "keep" is
		not necessarily days now (ie, it will pass straight through to
		rdiff-backup if the keep has a unit on it, otherwise it adds the 'D').
	added dup handler (still pretty beta)
	added maildir handler (very specialized handler)
	added --run option (runs the specified action file)
	improved sys handler, now uses hwinfo
	added subversion hotbackup handler, svn. 
	added PATH to cron.d file, which fixes file not found errors.

version 0.4.2 -- Jan 6 2005
	fixed bug which caused a report email to be sent even if no actions were run.
	fixed bug where multiple handler status messages were ignored
	added status in the subject line of report emails

version 0.4.1 -- Jan 3 2005
	added $usecolors and now more conservative about when colors are echoed.
	fixed major bug, 'when' actually works now.
	replaced debug function with debug, info, warning, error, fatal.
	added --now option to force all actions to be performed now.
	
version 0.4 -- Dec 26 2004
	added "when" option, so that all configs can specify when
		they are to be run.
	added reportsuccess and reportwarning config options
	added .sys handler (hardware, packages, partitions).

version 0.3.4 -- Dec 8 2004
	fixed numerical variable quoting compatibility with older wc	
	fixed stderr redirect bug
	some comments in example.rdiff

version 0.3.3 -- Nov 10 2004
	'*' (asterisk) works now in rdiff config files
	works now with gawk as well as mawk
	many bug fixes to ldap handler
	paths to helper scripts can be configured in global config
	does not require /usr/bin/stat

version 0.3.2 -- Sept 29 2004
	handler scripts are no longer executable (to comply with debian policy)
	handler error and warning messages are sent with the notify email

version 0.3.1 -- Sept 5 2004
	added ldap handler
	moved sh support to a handler script
	add test mode, where no action is taken.
	added --help
	force only root can read /etc/backup.d/*
	fixed missing equals symbols in example.rdiff
	changed backupninja executable to be /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin
	
version 0.3 -- Oct 20 2004
	** IMPORTANT ** all config files are now ini style, not apache style
	rewrote all scripts in bash for portability
	added drop-in backupninja lib directory (/usr/share/backupninja)
	all scripts are now run as root

version 0.2 -- Oct 14 2004
	move distribution folder ./cron.d to ./etc/cron.d
	fixed bug: removed printr of excludes (!)
	added support for changing the user/group in rdiff sources.
	added support for .mysql config files.
	
version 0.1 -- Oct 8 2004
	initial release