On Tue, 2009-04-21 at 10:35 -0400, (private) HKS wrote: > > In other words, I have barcodes so I don't have to think about slots > and such. I wanted Bacula to act accordingly. There were also quite a
That's an interesting approach. About 18 months ago, we decided to sponsor development of "real barcode support" -- e.g., stripping the barcode column and referencing the tape by its readable barcode. It got bogged down by the idea of full "media catalog" feature creep. Also, I'm still pretty mad about the whole counting-slots-from-zero thing.(1) I'm also surprised to hear that OpenBSD's chio(8) / mt(4) doesn't track tape source slots. ~BAS 1. I feel dumber every time I re-read my notes on it; it's like hearing one of those jokes on Talk-like-a-Pirate day: The punch line is coming and you're just a feckless dear in the headlights. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
