xbmcbackup/changelog.md

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog

[Unreleased]

Added

• Updated Changelog format to the one suggested by Keep a Changelog

[Version 1.5.1]

Changed

• Fixed guisettings restores not working - thanks Bluerayx

[Version 1.5.0]

Added

• Added new Advanced file editor and file selection based on a .json

Removed

• File backups and restores will not work with old version - breaking change with previous versions PR117

[Version 1.1.3]

Added

• added file chunk support for Dropbox uploads
• added scheduler delay to assist with time sync (rpi mostly), will delay startup by 2 min

Changed

• fixed settings duplicate ids, thanks aster-anto

[Version 1.1.2]

Added

• Fixes to the Dropbox lib for python 2.6

[Version 1.1.1]

Added

• added ability to "catchup" on missed scheduled backup

Changed

• fixed error on authorizers (missing secret/key)
• updated google oauth and client versions
• merged in dropbox v2 library code

[Version 1.1.0]

Added

• added tinyurl generation for oauth urls

Changed

• moved authorize to settings area for cloud storage

[Version 1.0.9]

Changed

• fixed dropbox rest.py for Python 2.6 - thanks koying!

[Version 1.0.8]

Changed

• updated dropbox api

[Version 1.0.7]

Changed

• updated google client api version

[Version 1.0.6]

Added

• added progress for zip extraction - hopefully helps with extract errors

Changed

• fix for custom directories not working recursively

[Version 1.0.5]

Added

• added google drive support
• added settings dialog option - thanks ed_davidson

Changed

• make compression setting compatible with python 2.6 and above
• fix for growing backups - thanks brokeh

[Version 1.0.4]

Added

• exit if we can't delete the old archive, non recoverable

[Version 1.0.3]

Added

• added "delete auth" dialog to delete oauth files in settings

[Version 1.0.2]

Changed

• updated xbmc.python version to 2.19.0 - should be helix only

[Version 1.0.0]

Changed

• rebranded as "Backup"
• removed XBMC references and replaced with Kodi
• tweaked file walking for Helix

[Version 0.5.9]

Added

• create restored version of guisettings for easy local restoration

Changed

• fixed dropbox unicode error

[Version 0.5.8.7]

Added

• allow limited updating of guisettings file through json

[Version 0.5.8.6]

Added

• show notification if some files failed
• check if destination is writeable - thanks war59312

[Version 0.5.8.5]

Added

• added custom library nodes to config backup options - thanks Ned Scott

[Version 0.5.8.4]

Changed

• backup compression should use zip64 as sizes may be over 2GB
• need to expand out path -bugfix

[Version 0.5.8]

• fixes path substitution errors

[Version 0.5.7]

• added option to compress backups, uses local source for staging the zip before sending to remote

[Version 0.5.6]

• fix dropbox delete recursion error - thanks durd updated language files

[Version 0.5.5]

• fix for dropbox errors during repeated file upload attempts

[Version 0.5.4]

• check xbmc version when doing a restore

[Version 0.5.3]

• updated python version

[Version 0.5.2]

• added additional script and window parameters, thanks Samu-rai
• critical error in backup rotation
• updated progress bar display

[Version 0.5.1]

• updated for new Gotham xbmc python updates

[Version 0.5.0]

• New Version for Gotham

[Version 0.4.6]

• modified backup folder names to include time, also modified display listing

[Version 0.4.5]

• added version info to logs
• added try/catch for unicode errors

[Version 0.4.4]

• modified the check for invalid file types

[Version 0.4.3]

• added error message if remote directory is blank
• added license tag

[Version 0.4.2]

• Added support for userdata/profiles folder - thanks TUSSFC

[Version 0.4.1]

• added encode() around notifications

[Version 0.4.0]

• fixed settings display error - thanks zer04c

[Version 0.3.9]

• added "just once" scheduler for one-off type backups
• show notification on scheduler
• update updated language files from Transifex

[Version 0.3.8]

• added advancedsettings check on restore. prompts user to restore only this file and restart xbmc to continue. This fixes issues where path substitution was not working during restores - thanks ctrlbru

[Version 0.3.7]

• added optional addon.xml tags
• update language files from Transifex

[Version 0.3.6]

• added up to 2 custom directories, can be toggled on/off
• added a check for backup verification before rotation - no more deleting non backup related files
• use monitor class for onSettingsChanged method

[Version 0.3.5]

• test of custom directories - only 1 at the moment

[Version 0.3.4]

• added ability to take parameters via RunScript() or JSONRPC.Addons.ExecuteAddon()

[Version 0.3.3]

• updated xbmc python version (2.1.0)

[Version 0.3.2]

• added settings for user provided Dropbox key and secret

[Version 0.3.1]

• added try/except for multiple character encodings
• remove token.txt file if Dropbox Authorization is revoked
• can shutdown xbmc after scheduled backup

[Version 0.3.0]

• major vfs rewrite
• Added Dropbox as storage target
• updated gui/removed settings - thanks SFX Group for idea!

[Version 0.2.3]

• first official frodo build

[Version 0.2.2]

• fix for backup rotation sort

[Version 0.2.1]

• added ability to rotate backups, keeping a set number of days

[Version 0.2.0]

• removed the vfs.py helper library
• default.py file now uses xbmcvfs python library exclusively for listing directories and copy operations

[Version 0.1.7]

• minor bug fixes and translations updates

[Version 0.1.6]

• merged scheduler branch with master, can now schedule backups on an interval

[Version 0.1.5]

• pulled xbmcbackup class into separate library

[Version 0.1.4]

• added more verbose error message for incorrect paths

[Version 0.1.3]

• backup folder format - thanks zeroram
• added German translations - thanks dersphere
• removed need for separate verbose logging setting
• updated utf-8 encoding for all logging
• backup now uses date as folder name, restore allows user to type date of last backup

[Version 0.1.2]

• added French language translation - thanks mikebzh44
• added some utf-8 encoding tags to filenames

[Version 0.1.1]

• added check for key in vfs.py - Thanks Martijn!

[Version 0.1.0]

• removed transparency from icon.png

[Version 0.0.9]

• modified vfs.py again to filter out xsp files (smart playlists). Created running list for these types of compressed files
• added enable/disable logging toggle in settings

[Version 0.0.8]

• modified vfs.py script to exclude handling zip files as directories, added keymap and peripheral data folders in the "config" section

[Version 0.0.7]

• removed "restore.txt" file and now write file listing to memory list instead

[Version 0.0.6]

• Added the vfs module created by paddycarey
• File Selection is now followed for both backup and restore options

[Version 0.0.5]

• Added option to manually type a path rather than browse for one (only one used)
• Show progress bar right away so you know this is doing something

[Version 0.0.4]

• Finished code for restore mode.

[Version 0.0.3]

• Added progress bar and "silent" option for running on startup or as a script

[Version 0.0.2]

• First version, should backup directories as needed