Monthly Status Updates/May 2007: Difference between revisions
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* [[User:Paul.bijnens]] wrote some text about the "[[DUMP: Warning - block NNN is beyond the end of DEVICE|Warning - block NNN is beyond the end of DEVICE]]" message from <tt>dump</tt>. | * [[User:Paul.bijnens]] wrote some text about the "[[DUMP: Warning - block NNN is beyond the end of DEVICE|Warning - block NNN is beyond the end of DEVICE]]" message from <tt>dump</tt>. | ||
* [[User:Dustin]] ported a large number of [[FAQ]]s from the [http://amanda.org amanda.org] documentation and performed significant work on the [[Amanda Index]], [[Curinfo]], and [[Encryption]] articles. | * [[User:Dustin]] ported a large number of [[FAQ]]s from the [http://amanda.org amanda.org] documentation and performed significant work on the [[Amanda Index]], [[Curinfo]], and [[Encryption]] articles. | ||
== [http://forums.zmanda.com Forums] Discussions == | |||
* A number of users had their issues resolved, most notably: | |||
** [http://forums.zmanda.com/member.php?u=1542 gregc] had problems restoring on Windows | |||
** [http://forums.zmanda.com/member.php?u=1537 swissrom] had some problems with backup and restore of a large (1.7TB) installation using split dumps. | |||
** [http://forums.zmanda.com/member.php?u=932 mattp52] compiled Amanda from scratch for use on Mac OS X, but had some problems with the configuration. | |||
Revision as of 17:04, 5 June 2007
May 2007 saw the release of Amanda 2.5.2, which was followed by a flurry of discussion and development activity.
Wiki Changes
- Taper scan algorithm was supplemented with additional text, mostly by User:Choogendyk, with some additional contributions from User:Ian.
- The new Coding Guidelines portal, mostly written by User:Dustin, provides information useful to new Amanda developers about various generally useful functions available in the codebase.
- User:Dustin expanded and organized the User documentation, Developer documentation, Amanda log files, and Installation portals and linked pages, with help from User:Chogendyk.
- The new Platform Experts program started to take off, with six registered experts agreeing to test 10 platforms.
- The new How To Help page by User:Dustin provides an outlet for new contributors of all strokes.
- User:Paul.bijnens wrote some text about the "Warning - block NNN is beyond the end of DEVICE" message from dump.
- User:Dustin ported a large number of FAQs from the amanda.org documentation and performed significant work on the Amanda Index, Curinfo, and Encryption articles.
Forums Discussions
- A number of users had their issues resolved, most notably: