On 3 Dec 2006 at 16:26, Kern Sibbald wrote:

> 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.


Perhaps two releases.  One bigger, one smaller: One soon, without 
data encryption.  One a little bit later, with data encryption, 
provided it's ready.

-- 
Dan Langille : Software Developer looking for work
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