Hello, Bacula BETA 2.1.8 is almost ready -- Dirk and I are working on a few last minute improvements to make the bat restore command a bit more useful (it currently doesn't allow any mods). I expect to release it before the end of this week.
This new code has a lot of performance improvements in it as well as a considerable number of fixes for bugs in version 2.0. The code is quite stable -- I have been running it in production here for quite a while with no problems. However, please remember this is BETA code, so use it with extreme care in a production environment. One of the new features of 2.1.8 is our first cut of the Bacula Administration Tool or bat. Please keep in mind that currently bat is in what I would consider an ALPHA state. That is it basically runs and has more functionality than either the wx-console or the gnome-console. However, it is possible to crash it, it has only 1/100th the features we want to add, and it is a bit rough around the edges. With the above reserves (ALPHA nature of the software), I personally believe that bat is really cool, but if bat doesn't please you or it doesn't have the features you want, we will be willing to hear any *positive* suggestions for improvements. However, keep in mind that we are a bit overloaded and concentrating on adding functionality rather than making it look pretty (at least at the moment). If it crashes, before sending an email (to the bacula-devel list), please ensure that the crash is repeatable and send us the *exact* sequence of commands/clicks that make it crash. A couple of points: 1. Bat does not currently run on Win32. Hopefully it will before the official 2.2.0 release. 2. Bat probably will not handle foreign characters correctly for the moment. We'll work on that a bit later. 3. If you are in a "restore" dialog, you cannot click on any of the other panes -- it is likely to seg fault. We are aware of this limitation and still working on a viable solution. 4. There are a number of feature items we would like to add listed in the src/qt-console/README file. 5. You must have Qt4 installed on your system to build it. Scott will provide binaries as an additional rpm file ... Best regards, Kern ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
