Breezy 3.0 alpha 2 released!

[Martin (gzlist)]

We're pleased to announce the second alpha release of Breezy.

Breezy is a version control system implemented in Python with
multi-format support and an emphasis on hackability. Key features for
the upcoming major release include:

* Compatibility with Python 3 (as well as Python 2.7)
* Support for Git repositories and workflows
* Bundled tools that were previously external plugins, most notably:
  grep, fastimport/fastexport, bisect, upload, stats, heads
* ~125 other bug fixes, see: <https://launchpad.net/brz/+milestone/3.0.0>

For more in-depth (but still incomplete) list of changes since the
fork from Bazaar, see the changelog at
<https://code.breezy-vcs.org/breezy/trunk/view/head:/doc/en/release-notes/brz-3.0.txt>.

Installation
============

You can install Breezy 3.0alpha2:

* From source, by downloading the tarball at:
<https://launchpad.net/brz/3.0/3.0a2/+download/breezy-3.0a2.tar.gz>
with GPG signature:
<https://launchpad.net/brz/3.0/3.0a2/+download/breezy-3.0a2.tar.gz.asc>
* From pip by running `pip install breezy`
* From unstable or testing on Debian
* From the PPA on Ubuntu: <https://launchpad.net/~brz/+archive/ubuntu/daily>

New in 3.0alpha2
================

The focus of this release has been bug squashing, both long standing
issues from Bazaar and problems found when trying the first alpha.
Thank you everyone who gave feedback!

Fixed bugs compared to 3.0alpha1 include:

* bzr log fails with "Invalid line in bugs property"
  https://launchpad.net/bugs/1094180
* 'bzr switch' in git repositories breaks
  https://launchpad.net/bugs/1794222
* 'bzr grep' does not work in git repositories
  https://launchpad.net/bugs/1799847
* `brz add` in git format doesn't report files added
  https://launchpad.net/bugs/1799482
* interactivity doesn't work on python 3
  https://launchpad.net/bugs/1796632
* Unexpected conflict switching within colo branch
  https://launchpad.net/bugs/933362
* Various test failures
  https://launchpad.net/bugs/1792661
  https://launchpad.net/bugs/1791288
  https://launchpad.net/bugs/832257
  https://launchpad.net/bugs/888631
* TypeError in git repository
  https://launchpad.net/bugs/1795681
* brz info: KeyError in git repository
  https://launchpad.net/bugs/1796218
* pip install breezy does not install dulwich
  https://launchpad.net/bugs/1796215
* Doesn't support uploading symlinks
  https://launchpad.net/bugs/214825
* Unknown branch format if line endings are modified
  https://launchpad.net/bugs/159021

Known issues
------------

* Native colocated branches created by breezy do not work with bzr
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/brz/+bug/1803845

Upgrading from Bazaar
=====================

The Breezy configuration lives in '~/.config/breezy', but it will read
'~/.bazaar' if the former does not exist. Since the API for Breezy is
different than that of Bazaar, any existing plugins will need to be
ported manually. Plugins installed in '~/.bazaar/plugins' will almost
certainly not load.

Breezy has dropped support for the FTP transport.

External plugins
----------------

Several of the plugins that were available for Bazaar and that were
not merged into Breezy itself have been ported to work with Breezy.

* breezy-debian (based on bzr-builddeb)
* brz-builder (based on bzr-builder)
* brz-loom (based on bzr-loom)
* loggerhead
* qbrz (based on qbzr)

Not all of these ports are fully functional yet, and some (like qbrz)
do not yet work on Python 3.

Feedback
========

Please report any bugs on Launchpad: <https://bugs.launchpad.net/brz/+filebug>.

You can also reach us here on the Bazaar mailing list, and on the #bzr
IRC channel on Freenode.

Happy hacking!

Jelmer, Martin, and Vincent