Pre-release v2.1.0a0 - Alpha Release v2.1.0a0

Hello everybody,

As announced previously! Please test it thoroughly, especially regarding
compatibility with v2.0.5.

Beware that there will be a lot more changes before a production release
is offered, especially under the hood.

Enjoy, Eric

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  Alpha Release v2.1.0a0

<https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup/releases/tag/refs/tags/v2.1.0a0>

Repository: rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup
<https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup>
· Tag: v2.1.0a0
<https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup/tree/v2.1.0a0>
· Commit: 705b445
<https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup/commit/705b4455e4b08ad8353c2091bacdb94c93dae8c3>

This is an alpha release so that many people can test new features. All
changes are documented in the changelog
<https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup/blob/v2.1.0a0/CHANGELOG.md#new-in-v210a0-2021-04-08>,
but the highlights are the new command line interface
<https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup/blob/v2.1.0a0/docs/migration.md#migration-from-old-to-new-cli>,
the |--help| option, the support of long names under Windows v1607 and
higher
<https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup/blob/v2.1.0a0/docs/Windows-README.md#installation>,
and the fixing of a few more long standing bugs.

Please use this release to test and report issues, especially regarding:

  * usage in client/server in combination with version v2.0.5 of
    rdiff-backup
  * do you like the new interface? Where is it not so intuitive?
  * usage under Windows (and MacOS/X)

It's an alpha version, everything might change, disappear and/or fail,
do *NOT* get in love with a specific feature and do *NOT* use this
version for production.

The installation procedure hasn't changed much and is available from the
readme
<https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup/blob/v2.1.0a0/README.md>
(alpha packages might or might not be offered by the maintainers, in
doubt install via |pip| under Linux and use the attached binaries under
|Windows|).

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This release has 27 assets:

  * rdiff-backup-2.1.0a0.tar.gz
  * rdiff-backup-2.1.0a0.win32exe.zip
  * rdiff-backup-2.1.0a0.win64exe.zip
  * rdiff_backup-2.1.0a0-cp36-cp36m-manylinux1_i686.whl
  * rdiff_backup-2.1.0a0-cp36-cp36m-manylinux1_x86_64.whl
  * rdiff_backup-2.1.0a0-cp36-cp36m-manylinux2010_i686.whl
  * rdiff_backup-2.1.0a0-cp36-cp36m-manylinux2010_x86_64.whl
  * rdiff_backup-2.1.0a0-cp36-cp36m-manylinux2014_x86_64.whl
  * rdiff_backup-2.1.0a0-cp37-cp37m-manylinux1_i686.whl
  * rdiff_backup-2.1.0a0-cp37-cp37m-manylinux1_x86_64.whl
  * rdiff_backup-2.1.0a0-cp37-cp37m-manylinux2010_i686.whl
  * rdiff_backup-2.1.0a0-cp37-cp37m-manylinux2010_x86_64.whl
  * rdiff_backup-2.1.0a0-cp37-cp37m-manylinux2014_x86_64.whl
  * rdiff_backup-2.1.0a0-cp38-cp38-manylinux1_i686.whl
  * rdiff_backup-2.1.0a0-cp38-cp38-manylinux1_x86_64.whl
  * rdiff_backup-2.1.0a0-cp38-cp38-manylinux2010_i686.whl
  * rdiff_backup-2.1.0a0-cp38-cp38-manylinux2010_x86_64.whl
  * rdiff_backup-2.1.0a0-cp38-cp38-manylinux2014_x86_64.whl
  * rdiff_backup-2.1.0a0-cp39-cp39-manylinux1_i686.whl
  * rdiff_backup-2.1.0a0-cp39-cp39-manylinux1_x86_64.whl
  * rdiff_backup-2.1.0a0-cp39-cp39-manylinux2010_i686.whl
  * rdiff_backup-2.1.0a0-cp39-cp39-manylinux2010_x86_64.whl
  * rdiff_backup-2.1.0a0-cp39-cp39-manylinux2014_x86_64.whl
  * rdiff_backup-2.1.0a0-cp39-cp39-win32.whl
  * rdiff_backup-2.1.0a0-cp39-cp39-win_amd64.whl
  * Source code (zip)
  * Source code (tar.gz)

Visit the release page
<https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup/releases/tag/refs/tags/v2.1.0a0>
to download them.