Thanks for all the work you do, this sounds great. Sounds a lot like the Fedora Linux release cycle the last time I looked at it. Good luck on moving to the new server and thanks to UKFast.
Thomas On Friday 23 July 2010 11:54:03 Kern Sibbald wrote: > Hello, > > This is a sort of mini-Bacula status report on the following: > > 1. Next release > > 2. New release cycle > > 3. New bugs tracking database > > 4. New Bacula server (www.bacula.org) > > 5. New Bacula source distribution server > > 1. Next release: > Before the end of August, we will be releasing the next version of Bacula > -- version 5.0.3 which is a bug fix update to 5.0.2. This release is > almost ready and the most recent code is in the SF bacula git repository > under Branch-5.0 > > 2. New release cycle: > The little code we currently have for the next major release is in the SF > bacula git repository under Branch-5.1. > > We are considering to moving to a regular 6 month release cycle. The > advantage of such a cycle is that it gets features out to you faster. The > disadvantage is that it doesn't work so well in small projects like Bacula > if there are not sufficient contributions. > > Such a release would consist of the following points: > > - A release every 6 months > - The deadline is not absolute and could be extended to 9 months if there > were insufficient new submissions. > - There will be far fewer or no bug fix updates as they are not really > needed if we can maintain a 6 month cycle. > - Two months before the projected release we will decide if there are > sufficient new features to release > - The release count down will consist of 3 phases > 1. We will add all new approved features > The first 4 months after a release this phase will go into > effect for the next release > - 2. Only very small new features (a few lines) will be added > Two months before the final release this phase will go into > effect. Note, this phase can be delayed 3 months if insufficient > new features are submitted > 3. Only bug fixes > This phase will go into effect one month before the release > > Under this scheme, we are currently in Phase 3 for the 5.0.3 release, and > the next major release (5.2.0) would be made before mid-January 2011, and > is currently under development in Branch-5.1 on Source Forge. > > I would appreciate comments on this proposed new "deadline" release cycle. > > 3. New bugs tracking database > Sometime in early August (possibly slightly before) we will be moving the > current Mantis based bug tracking system to a new RT based system hosted by > Bacula Systems. The upside is that the RT system is far more powerful, > flexible and adaptible, and most important of all, it allows email > responses to bugs. The downside is that it is a bit more complicated (as > are most things that have more features) and that it will require everyone > to re-register for the new system. In addition, if you don't want to rely > on just the community to furnish bug fixes, you will be able to subscribe > to a bug fix service that is more professional and has a guaranteed > response time (not to be mistaken for a guaranteed fix time). More on > this when the service is ready for production. > > 4. New Bacula server > The current Bacula Community server is as you probably know generously > offered by UKFast. However, the hardware is starting to age, so they have > gratiously provided us with a new machine that we will be putting in place > in the next few weeks. We don't expect that you will notice any > differences, but the hardware running www.bacula.org should be more > stable. > > 5. New Bacula source distribution server > You may or may not be aware that we have not always been pleased with the > services offered by Source Forge. The uploading is complicated by lines > dropping (I have *never* seen this else where), their user interface is > horrible, we don't get good statistics, being US based, they block direct > access to our code from a number of countries such as Cuba, ... So, > probably in September or October we will be moving our Bacula project off > of Source Forge to a new server provided by UKFast. There is still a > *lot* of work to be done to make this work -- principally getting up a > good and suitable interface for users -- more as this develops. > > As mentioned above, I would appreciate any comments you might have, > particularly on the proposed new release cycle. > > Best regards, > > Kern > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint > What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? > Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > -- ========================================== Thomas McMillan Grant Bennett Appalachian State University Operations & Systems Analyst P O Box 32026 University Library Boone, North Carolina 28608 (828) 262 6587 Library Systems Help Desk: https://www.library.appstate.edu/help/ ========================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? 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