On Sunday 03 December 2006 19:46, Landon Fuller wrote: > > On Dec 3, 2006, at 7:26 AM, Kern Sibbald wrote: > > > I'm still targeting it before the end of the year, but it looks > > like one major > > new feature will not be enabled, and that is data encryption. The > > code just > > is not stable (it doesn't pass a simple regression test), and it > > affects the > > Volume data format, and it has known bugs (digest problems), which > > means that > > if any fixes involve changing the data format (as one does that I > > found this > > morning), it will create incompatible Bacula Volumes. This have never > > happened before in the 7 years of Bacula's existence. > > > > The bottom line is that unless I have a definitive solution (i.e. a > > bug fix > > rather than a rewrite) to the remaining encryption problems by next > > Friday, 8 > > December, it will most probably not be a Bacula feature until much > > later (mid > > to late 2007). > > > > One alternative solution is to postpone the release of version 1.40 > > until late > > March 2007. Since in all other respects 1.40 is ready to go it > > would be a > > shame to postpone the release any longer. Obviously as with all > > new releases > > there is the possibility of a few bugs particularly in the new > > features, but > > there should be no show stoppers such as Volume format > > incompatibility that > > are present in the encryption code. > > It would be negligent of me if this feature isn't ready for release; > what are the remaining blockers that you are concerned about? > What is the remaining (potential?) volume format incompatibility?
I might add to my previous notes in case it wasn't obvious: I don't consider you negligent, and I don't consider the code to be ready for release. I do feel it would be a great pity if it doesn't make it into 1.40, and I regret that I didn't make time earlier to really test the code. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
