* Dustin J. Mitchell <dustin AT zmanda DOT com> [20090811 10:34]:
> I'm curious to know who out there is running the daily Amanda snapshots.
> 
> A *lot* of new code has gone in since the 2.6.1 release, and I'd like
> to see it tested now, rather than waiting until the beta process
> begins.  We've rewritten the taper to use the transfer architecture;
> rewitten all uses of the old taperscan algorithm to use the simpler
> and more explicit Amanda::Taper::Scan::traditional; rewritten several
> other applications to use the new Changer API; and added a new
> chg-robot to replace the crusty old chg-zd-mtx.  I'm working on

Can you elaborate on the new chg-robot: I just downloaded the latest
snapshot for 2.6.1 (2.6.1p1-20090805) and I can't find anything
related to that.

In the next few days I intend to toy with this as I have a new library
not in yet production.

Thanks for the good work!
jf

> rewriting the restore/recover applications now.  The idea is to
> completely jettison the old Changer API before the next relase.
> 
> So, please let me know if the snapshots are working for you!
> 
> Dustin
> 
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