Please allow me to announce the second release candidate preparing for version 1.5.4 targeting the upcoming Debian 13 Trixie.

https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/releases/tag/v1.5.4-r...

Please report if you use it even if there are no new problems.

- EncFS, used for encrypted profiles, has been marked as deprecated and is schedule for removal in 2026. - The Smart & Auto remove GUI has been reorganized and renamed into "Remove & Retention", with improvements to the user manual section. Its behavior remains unchange. - An offset minute can now be configured for hourly schedule options. - Some config file fields have been moved to a newly introduced state file. - License and copyright information is now provided in machine-readable SPDX format, following the REUSE standard. - See CHANGELOG for more details.