On Thu, 2006-04-13 at 13:50, Kern Sibbald wrote: > Hello, > > I do not feel that I can adequately support Solaris any longer so will very > likely drop it from the officially supported platforms. > > Why? > Because I don't have access to a tape drive for Solaris, and I no longer have > the time to devote to testing Solaris prior to each release. For example, > the regression script does not complete on version 1.38.8. > > What does this mean? > It means that when Bacula is released it will not be tested on Solaris. It is > likely to work, but I cannot guarantee it. It also means that Solaris > specific bugs, like the current tape drive bug will be closed unfixed. > > Possible solutions: > The best possible solution is for one or more Solaris users to step forward > and to run the regression scripts prior to each release as well as possibly > run it in production mode. In addition, we need one or more "debuggers" to > resolve Solaris specific problems. > > -- > Best regards, > > Kern
I would hate to see support for Solaris go away. I don't know what's involved with running the regression scripts but I have a Solaris 10 box with an slr5 tape drive so I could probably run them as long as their not destructive to the system. Do you have any interest in pkgadd installable packages for Solaris? For testing new releases I build against a full install of Solaris 10/1-06 which ships with mysql 4.0.24. For my production use I build packages for both mysql and bacula on 10/3-05 which are controlled by SMF and installed in /opt/local. Although I'm not a programmer, I feel support for Solaris is vital so if I can assist please let me know. Robert ------------------------------------------------------- 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
