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
>
>
>
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