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.


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