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03/05: gnu: obnam: Add deprecation warning.


From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
Subject: 03/05: gnu: obnam: Add deprecation warning.
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 15:12:51 -0400 (EDT)

nckx pushed a commit to branch master
in repository guix.

commit a93de1ae9efbed3270967eda59b1dd1078c0213b
Author: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <address@hidden>
Date:   Mon Aug 20 17:09:10 2018 +0200

    gnu: obnam: Add deprecation warning.
    
    * gnu/packages/backup.scm (obnam)[synopsis, description]: Note its
    retirement.
---
 gnu/packages/backup.scm | 15 +++++++++------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/backup.scm b/gnu/packages/backup.scm
index bd4a177..ea5bc8e 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



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