On Sunday 26 February 2006 13:27, Felix Schwarz wrote: > Hi all, > > I just noticed that the directive LabelFormat is deprecated in 1.38 - > at least according to the manual: > "Please note that this directive is deprecated and is replaced in > version 1.37 and greater with a Python script for creating volume > names." > > Therefore I have two questions: > - What is your policy with deprecated directives? Will you remove > LabelFormat in 1.40?
No, but I will no longer support it. > I think Bacula should warn users when they try to > use deprecated directives in order to make them aware of upcoming > changes. I'd probably accept a patch for this, but don't have the time to do it myself. > - Why did you chose to deprecate LabelFormat? Too limited, too complicated, generating too much support. > While I definitely > appreciate the new flexibility with Python scripting, I think > LabelFormat is a very commonly used directive and it is much easier > for simple use cases just to use a directive instead of a Python > script. > > I could not find any postings related to this topic (but my short > search in the mailing list archives does not qualify as "thorough > searching") so please apologize if this has been brought up earlier. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
