> Well, I have a nice little project, if you can find a bit of time. It is to > separate the Win32 tray monitor code from the Bacula FD into a separate > executable. This is necessary to support Vista since Vista does not permit > services to interact with the desktop. > > As a part of this project, if it interests you, I'd like to add a bit more > functionality, for example the ability to have multiple tray monitors, or one > that can monitor multiple machines, and also to add a bit more functionality, > such as implementing a button that initiates a backup, and finally an > installation option (or perhaps a command line options) that removes the > ability for the user to terminate the service (unless he/she has > Administrator privilege). > > Most of the code already exists, it is just a matter of removing it from the > FD and making it a stand alone program. In the process, I would like to > re-write it so that the copyright is held only by the Bacula project (i.e. > FSFE ...). > > If this interests you, please see me off list to get this started. Well, you > can start by reading the beginning of the Developer's guide (online) about > the FSFE and the FLA and copyright assignment (transfer). > I will try to check the developer guide this weekend (several factors may prevent this). Before committing to this task I need to see how much effort it will be to get the build environment up and running at home under my main box at home which runs 64 bit gentoo linux. I have never used mingw so I will have to learn that. As for the programming task, I have done similar taskbar applications in the past so this part should not be too difficult.
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