release of amanda-2.4.4b1

Hello,

The Amanda core team is pleased to announce the release of Amanda
2.4.4b1.

I would like that as many people as possible test it. I will
release it as 2.4.4 if no bug are found.

It can be dowloaded from http://www.amanda.org/

Here's a list of the changes for release 2.4.4b1 (from the NEWS file):
Look at the ChangeLog file for more details.

* maxpromoteday: New option for a dumptype.
* New amtapetype program (replace tapetype)
* Client compile on CYGWIN
* amrestore -f <fileno> : amrestore can do fsf before reading the tape
* amrestore -l <label>  : amrestore can check the label before restoring.
* New config options:
  amrecover_do_fsf: Amrecover will use the -f flag of amrestore to position the
                    tape.
  amrecover_check_label: amrecover will pass the -l flag to amrestore.
  amrecover_changer: amrecover will use your changer.
  maxdumpsize: The maximum size of the dumps during a run,
               default to tapesize * runtapes
  taperalgo: select your algo for the taper, try 'largestfit', it can improve
             tape usage.
* amrecover allow to retry a skip a tape.
* New --days option to 'amadmin <config> balance' command.
* New --date option to amstatus
* amreport print an usage by tape.
* Newer promote algorithm that try to reduce the number of full on a
  single host in a run.
* New changer: chg-juke, chg-null and chg-rait

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