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We've all got opinions. I tend to go the other way, and use packaged
software. Compiling doesn't take THAT much more time, but it's certainly
not as easy as working with packages (if you know what you're doing that
is -- if you don't, it's probably 6 of one half dozen of the other).
For Debian-based systems, packages are generally available for whatever
you might need. I just personally don't have the time to deliver myself
patches, etc. when I could have the OS doing it.
Bob Hetzel wrote:
> 1) If you use the version that's not the latest, the bacula folks will most
> likely just tell you to upgrade to the latest version, so you might as well
> start there now and try to stay current.
>
> 2) On open source software that's where development is still "active" I'd
> highly recommend learning to configure/compile from source. You don't need
> to know how to program to do this and it's reasonably well written up in
> the Bacula docs at www.bacula.org. Documentation of decisions that go into
> compiling by the packagers is generally sparse or non-existent.
>
> 3) If you find a bug and happen to be the first one to report it you'll be
> able to test the fix (Kern and others have been really good in my
> experience with fixing bugs whenever they can get a full explanation plus
> output showing what's happening) much easier than if you have to wait for
> the next release followed by the next package release. Generally fixes are
> put out as patches of source code only (new "release" versions of bacula
> seem to be quarterly or so lately).
>
> 4) In addition, through configuring/compiling practice you'll probably
> obtain a much better understanding of how Linux/bacula/etc work. I don't
> compile very much at all on my systems, but bacula is definitely one to
> compile here where I work. Since you're running a Linux variant and
> bacula's active development takes place on Linux you won't likely hit a
> compiling problem that's not easy to solve.
>
> In my case I just put my compile options in a script so I don't have to
> re-figure them out every time and so it takes only about 5 mins to install
> a new bacula version or a patch fix.
>
> Bob
>
> Previously, Kevin Keane said...
>
> > There is no 100% cut-and-dried answer here, but a couple thoughts:
> >
> > - Regardless of what you do, I would not use a version older than, say,
> > 2.2. Preferably use 2.4.
> >
> > - You may want to stay with the version you have been testing. After all,
> > your test results may not apply to other versions.
> >
> > - If you can, use the version that comes with your distribution, in this
> > case with Ubuntu 8.04. It makes updating and maintenance a lot easier.
>
> > - If the Ubuntu version is too old, see if you can find a newer version
> > already compiled for Ubuntu 8.04 somewhere else.
> >
> > Only as a last resort recompile yourself. Reynier P?rez Mira wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > > Hi every:
> > > > I've been testing Bacula for more than six months. Right now my boss
> > > > ask
> > > > to me for a suitable version for production. Wich version did yours
> > > > recommend me? I use Ubuntu Server and I was thinking to use the
> > > > version
> > > > post in the repository for LTS (Ubuntu 8.04) release. This will be
> > > > fine?
> > > > Thanks and cheers in advance
> > >
>
>
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