Beta Release Announcement: v1.1.0b1

[Daniel Farina]

Install v1.1.0b1 in a python3.4, python3.5, or python3.6 installation.

  $ pip --version

  pip 8.1.2 from ... (python 3.5)

  $ pip install --pre wal-e[aws,azure,google,swift]==1.1.0b1

There are some small but important behavioral changes in this release. Provided there are no additional changes, the release notes for v1.1.0 will be:

Release v1.1.0 is compatible with older versions, and has one

noteworthy detailed behavioral change:

WAL-E now ignores backing up the directories ``pg_log``,

``pg_replslot``, and ``pg_wal``, all of which could cause spurious

problems in backup or restore.

Other changes include:

* It also switches to a more modern driver for Google Storage. (Samuel

  Kohonen)

* Python 3.6 is now a tested (Dr. Nic Williams)

* A counter-productive infinite retry with expired STS tokens has been

  fixed (Timothée Peignier)

* The README has been expanded (tvarsis, Daniel Farina)