Hello, I would like to give you a status of where the Bacula project is as I see it and where we are going.
Current release: The current production release is 2.4.2, and it seems quite stable. There are a few patches against it, so we will be releasing a bug fix 2.4.3 update shortly that has all those patches integrated. Development version: Our development version 2.5.x (to be released as 3.0.0) is progressing quite nicely. We are documenting the features that we have added, testing them, and in a few cases, completing the implementation. The feature set is probably the most important of any release to date, and if you are interested, please take a look at our preliminary documentation at: http://www.bacula.org/manuals/en/concepts/concepts/New_Features.html If all goes as planned, we will release a beta version of 2.5.x in the next week or so, and the final release will be made around the end of the year. 2.5.x is proving quite stable, but some of the new features as expected need a bit more fine tuning. Fortunately, we already have a few beta testers (including myself) who are using the new features (Accurate backup, Copy, plugins, ...) and are reporting back to us. Good news: As most of you know, I have been the only full time developer working on Bacula since the beginning. However, we now have a second person, Eric Bollengier, who since the beginning of October is dedicated to the Bacula project. I am really pleased with this, and you probably already know that Eric has already made very significant contributions of code in the past, starting in early 2003 and has implemented a substantial number of the new features in version 2.5.x. Welcome aboard Eric! :-) More good news: You have probably read some of my previous emails about creating a professional services company to be able to satisfy the needs of enterprises and thus accellerate the acceptance of Bacula in the commercial world. It has taken an enormous effort, and as I mentioned, it has temporarily diverted about 50% of my energies from the Bacula project for the last six months, but I believe the final benefits will far outweight the temporary costs. For example, having Eric dedicated to the Bacula project was made possible by the existence of this new company. Creating the company has been two years in the making, and now this professional services company is now a reality, and I will be officially announcing it next week, and I think you will be pleased how we have structured it. Best regards, Kern ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list Bacula-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
