Hello,
The 1.38.x stream:
The currently released Bacula version 1.38.8 seems to be quite stable with no
major "show stopper" bugs reported, so I have not been planning to make an
additional release until version 1.40.0 (see below). However, if you have
been following the list, you know that the license released with the Win32
version of Bacula is totally incorrect. As a consequence, I have now
prepared version 1.38.9 for release, mainly to correct the license problem.
It does, however, have a number of bug fixes. I'll send a separate email on
that with the details in a couple of days when it is released. All the code
is in the CVS with the tag Release-1_38_9, and at this point, I don't expect
anything to change between now and the release.
The development stream (1.39.x):
Work is progressing at a very good rate on version 1.39. There have been
quite a number of submissions, with some important new features, and
corrections of some major problems. A few are: handling more than 260
character file/path names in Win32; efficiently handling large numbers of
hard links; *finally* fixing the reload command (I think); a solution for the
daylight savings time change twice a year; data encryption; migration, and
many others ...
All the above projects are complete with the exception of the Migration
project, which is currently still on my original schedule -- first cut
working by end of April, completed version by mid June. That said, the
Migration project is going a bit slower than I hoped mainly because of the
increasing number of contributions by others. I'm not in the least
complaining as long term, I expect contributions to make up over 90% of
Bacula code development. Also, I have recently fixed (or received fixes) for
a large number of bugs, many have been there a long time, but I always give
bugs a very high priority.
Schedule for next release:
I had originally expected to release version 1.40.0 in July, but I hadn't
counted on an up coming vacation that I will be taking from 7 May to 31 May.
During the first two weeks of this "vacation" I don't expect to be doing any
programming as I will be in an intensive Spanish course in Madrid, which
leaves no spare time (non-stop Spanish 8am to 10pm). For the 11 days
following the course, my wife and I will be staying in Madrid doing the
normal tourist thing with occasional day trips to nearby towns.
This means that the release of 1.40.0 will be pushed at least one month later
than I had planned -- into August, or perhaps September.
--
Best regards,
Kern
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