On Saturday 27 February 2010, Dustin J. Mitchell wrote: >On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 9:53 PM, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: >> I have taken note that there have been no new snapshots made available in >> a bit over 3 weeks now, and other than the downloads page, all of the >> rest of the new web pages point to paid support. > >The snapshots seem to be a permissions problem in a script that wasn't >noticed until you pointed it out, so thanks. Make noise earlier next >time! We'll get them working again shortly. > Well, frankly I just thought the efforts were going into the web pages and didn't think too much about it till I saw what appears to be a transition from GPL to a per seat fee schedule taking shape, with the only link to the snapshots being the old page, which can be killed with one stroke of the enter key. Makes me a bit nervous about the continued availability of my fav backup utility, which I have now been using for a bit over a decade. Playing the canary in the coal mine bit with the snapshots is my way of contributing back and helping to make a great program even better.
>The demo pages that Tatjana uploaded were just a demo, and don't link >anywhere useful. The regular links on amanda.org haven't changed at >all (yet). When she uploads the new design, the links will remain >essentially unchanged. > >> What is the future direction of amanda? > >This is a much broader question, and I won't try to answer it here, >but I will say that we are *very* close (like a day or two) to >branching for a new release, after which we'll have the usual series >of betas and release candidates. > >If you have more specific concerns, please do ask! > >Dustin > -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Recursion is the root of computation since it trades description for time.
