On Saturday 28 April 2007 20:15, Jon Pounder wrote: > I've already sent a private email off on this, but on the list I'll leave > it at : > > Kern you should be ashamed of yourself.
For what? Is your judgement based on solely what Robert wrote? or did you also take into account the full situation as well as my (partial) response to this email? > > > > > > > I have been involved in the Bacula project for a year now. > > > > > > > > The first 9 months I spent working 6-7 days a week, 8+ hours a day: > > > > porting Storage and the Director to Windows > > > > rewriting the installer > > > > redesigning the Windows build process and contributed > > improvements to the Unix build > > > > fixing numerous Windows-specific as well as general bugs > > > > redesigning, simplifying and improving both the Windows and > > the > > core code > > > > porting the regression tests to Windows > > > > migrating the Source Management from CVS to Subversion > > > > > > > > I followed all the coding conventions, reviewed every significant change > > with Kern, and did everything possible to comply with all rules (both > > those > > outlined in the Developer's Guide as well as those inferred from reading > > between the lines in Kern's emails). > > > > > > > > I spent thousands of dollars putting together a test lab for all the tape > > loader, tape drive and CD changer technologies. > > > > > > > > During the last eight weeks I've been working on reproducing and fixing a > > tape drive on Windows bug and writing a new monitor application for > > Windows. > > > > > > > > I've watched the email lists for bugs that are specific to the new > > components I've added as well as helping users with Windows specific > > install > > problems. > > > > > > > > I also worked on a couple of other open source projects with which I'm > > involved. > > > > > > > > Oh, and I caught up on some of my work that actually produces income. > > > > > > > > The one thing I didn't do was update the manual. > > > > > > > > As a result, my admin privileges for the Bacula project were removed and I > > must submit all my changes as patches for review. > > > > > > > > I've done my best to work with Kern and I thought everything was great > > until > > the last week when he started threatening me with removing all the > > software > > (Windows Server version) I'd just devoted the better part of the last year > > working on. > > > > > > > > I'm not sure what I've done to upset him, but I'm not prepared to work in > > this environment. > > > > > > > > One of the nice things about Open Source is that if you don't like the > > rules > > you can not only take your marbles and go home, you can also take the > > other > > guy's marbles too. > > > > > > > > I'll be looking into providing a supported and compatible version of the > > software for Windows. Over time as the core code improves and diverges > > I'll > > probably also release versions for the other platforms too. > > > > > > > > I will also make sure that I pick up bug fixes from the Bacula project. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/_______________________________________________ > > Bacula-devel mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel > > > > > Jon Pounder > > _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ > _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/_/ > _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ > _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ > > > Inline Internet Systems Inc. > Thorold, Ontario, Canada > > Tools to Power Your e-Business Solutions > www.inline.net > www.ihtml.com > www.ihtmlmerchant.com > www.opayc.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
