On Monday 16 October 2006 17:26, Josh Fisher wrote: > Kern Sibbald wrote: > > 1. I have requested help setting up more community participation in testing, > > bug fixing, and builds of more platforms such as Solaris, FreeBSD, ... This > > is to ensure that all important platforms are supported better than I could > > do alone. > > > > Is it possible to package the regression scripts? Standardized > regression scripts (if possible) along with a web based form or mailing > list for posting the results of those tests would make it easier for > users with various hardware/platforms to participate in the testing.
I assume that you mean by "package the regression scripts" to make a tar file or some such release? This is possible, but considering that this is a "developement" activity, I think it is much better for testers to pull the scripts with CVS. It is really rather trivial to do, and it allows an easy upgrade when they are changed. That said, I do think that Dan Langille will be making available a daily tar file from the CVS .. At some point the regression scripts will probably be converted to cmake which facilitates posting the results in a web based manner. Whatever the case may be, making any package or cmake changes will need to be a contributed project. Though the cmake part is what I really would like to see, it is not on my personal list. > > > 2. I am working on setting up some "official" structure or structures for > > Bacula, possibly a Swiss Association, perhaps a Foundation. This will be so > > that in the near term (1-6 months) Bacula will have a charter and a governing > > board, and equally important, I plan to transfer the source and documentation > > copyrights, which are currently held in my name into such a "permanent" > > neutral entity. I believe this will help ensure the health, and long term > > survival of Bacula as Free Software, as well as to ensure that the project is > > less (no longer) dependent on one person (me). Rest assured, this does not at > > all mean that I envision decreasing my participation with the project. > > > > > > When you investigated this previously there was some trouble contacting > the FSF Europe. I take it you have now been in contact with them and > they can at least help determine which Swiss structure is better for a > structure that is going to own copyrights, yes? I am in total agreement > with your reasoning, but the copyright ownership issues frighten me. > Being a US citizen, I am conditioned to think of this as a major legal > issue requiring legal council. > If I remember right, I already answered this. Best regards, Kern ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
