Rewrite innobackupex in C

Registered by Alexey Kopytov

The innobackupex script is a countless source of bugs because of unfortunate design and implementation choices and the lack of integration with the xtrabackup binary. It should be rewritten in C/C++ and merged with xtrabackup.c

Blueprint information

Status:
Complete
Approver:
Alexey Kopytov
Priority:
Essential
Drafter:
Alexey Kopytov
Direction:
Approved
Assignee:
Sergei Glushchenko
Definition:
Approved
Series goal:
Accepted for 2.3
Implementation:
Implemented
Milestone target:
milestone icon 2.3.1-beta1
Started by
Alexey Kopytov
Completed by
Sergei Glushchenko

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