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authorTobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>2018-08-20 17:09:10 +0200
committerTobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>2018-09-11 21:03:07 +0200
commita93de1ae9efbed3270967eda59b1dd1078c0213b (patch)
tree630f386f7c2c8412adde5085b11f10ff8ab378eb /gnu/packages/backup.scm
parentcd1e138cc645bb7cd4e3613e7479e8f047bbf3c2 (diff)
downloadguix-a93de1ae9efbed3270967eda59b1dd1078c0213b.tar.gz
gnu: obnam: Add deprecation warning.
* gnu/packages/backup.scm (obnam)[synopsis, description]: Note its
retirement.
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diff --git a/gnu/packages/backup.scm b/gnu/packages/backup.scm
index bd4a177ecd..ea5bc8e398 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/backup.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/backup.scm
@@ -740,12 +740,15 @@ NTFS volumes using @code{ntfs-3g}, preserving NTFS-specific attributes.")
        ("python2-pep8" ,python2-pep8)
        ("python2-pylint" ,python2-pylint)))
     (home-page "https://obnam.org/")
-    (synopsis "Easy and secure backup program")
-    (description "Obnam is an easy, secure backup program.  Features
-include snapshot backups, data de-duplication and encrypted backups
-using GnuPG.  Backups can be stored on local hard disks, or online via
-the SSH SFTP protocol.  The backup server, if used, does not require
-any special software, on top of SSH.")
+    (synopsis "Retired backup program")
+    (description
+     "Warning: @uref{https://blog.liw.fi/posts/2017/08/13/retiring_obnam/,
+the Obnam project is retired}.  You should use another backup solution instead.
+
+Obnam was an easy, secure backup program.  Features included snapshot backups,
+data de-duplication and encrypted backups using GnuPG.  Backups can be stored on
+local hard disks, or online via the SSH SFTP protocol.  The backup server, if
+used, does not require any special software, on top of SSH.")
     (license license:gpl3+)))
 
 (define-public dirvish