Hello, As most of you know Bacula release version 1.40 is nearing -- it was originally scheduled for mid-November but delayed due to my vacation and several bugs.
I'm still targeting it before the end of the year, but it looks like one major new feature will not be enabled, and that is data encryption. The code just is not stable (it doesn't pass a simple regression test), and it affects the Volume data format, and it has known bugs (digest problems), which means that if any fixes involve changing the data format (as one does that I found this morning), it will create incompatible Bacula Volumes. This have never happened before in the 7 years of Bacula's existence. The bottom line is that unless I have a definitive solution (i.e. a bug fix rather than a rewrite) to the remaining encryption problems by next Friday, 8 December, it will most probably not be a Bacula feature until much later (mid to late 2007). One alternative solution is to postpone the release of version 1.40 until late March 2007. Since in all other respects 1.40 is ready to go it would be a shame to postpone the release any longer. Obviously as with all new releases there is the possibility of a few bugs particularly in the new features, but there should be no show stoppers such as Volume format incompatibility that are present in the encryption code. As always, your comments are welcome. Best regards, Kern ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
