Thanks a lot for your feedback Kern and Ryan. I guess I'll just either use the latest version and not use encryption (since I'm deploying it in a production env. or see if we can wait till mid-Dec. before deploying).
Kern Sibbald wrote: > On Friday 10 November 2006 16:43, Ryan Novosielski wrote: >> Kern Sibbald wrote: >>> On Tuesday 31 October 2006 12:58, Mathew Brown wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> I'd read several times that the FD encryption feature was not yet >>>> stable but this was several months ago. Would you now consider it >>>> stable enough for use in production environments? Thanks for your >>>> help. >>> It is ready for testing (BETA released), but not recommended for > production >>> use until it is officially released (unless you are an experienced Bacula >>> user who knows how to cover his bases and can deal with bugs ...). >> One reason not to use encryption for other-than-testing purposes is the >> chance that, prior to release, the encryption format may change. This, >> in fact, happened just this week. This means that you're either in the >> situation of losing your backed up data or badgering the developers to >> include a workaround in the code (extra work for them). Either way, not >> a place I'd like to be. Seems like the BETA releases are coming along >> pretty well though, so it might not be all that long... > > Well, I wouldn't like to stress these kinds of problems too much as I would > prefer not to discourage people from beta testing. The change of the data > format was a very unusual event and Landon very graciously offered to > maintain backward compatibility. If it were not for beta testing, this > problem would have been uncovered in production ... > > Concerning the schedule: I had intended to release the production version in > mid-November, but given the encryption problem, and what looks like a bug in > Migration of jobs that span volumes, the release will probably be delayed > until mid-December to allow proper testing. -- Mathew Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access all of your messages and folders wherever you are ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
