Monthly Status Updates/May 2007: Difference between revisions
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== [http://forums.zmanda.com Forums] Discussions == | == [http://forums.zmanda.com Forums] Discussions == | ||
* A few users had their issues resolved, most notably: | * A few users had their issues resolved, most notably: | ||
** ''gregc'' had [http://forums.zmanda.com/showthread.php?t=581 problems restoring on Windows]; these were addressed by ''martineau'' and '' | ** ''gregc'' had [http://forums.zmanda.com/showthread.php?t=581 problems restoring on Windows]; these were addressed by ''martineau'' and ''paddy''. | ||
** ''swsisrom'' had some [http://forums.zmanda.com/showthread.php?t=576 problems with backup and restore] and [http://forums.zmanda.com/showthread.php?t=602 questions about performance] on his large (7TB) installation using split dumps. These were addressed by ''martineau'', ''dustin'', ''ggrant'', ''Sachin'', and ''ktill'. | ** ''swsisrom'' had some [http://forums.zmanda.com/showthread.php?t=576 problems with backup and restore] and [http://forums.zmanda.com/showthread.php?t=602 questions about performance] on his large (7TB) installation using split dumps. These were addressed by ''martineau'', ''dustin'', ''ggrant'', ''Sachin'', and ''ktill'. | ||
Revision as of 20:12, 6 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 few users had their issues resolved, most notably:
- gregc had problems restoring on Windows; these were addressed by martineau and paddy.
- swsisrom had some problems with backup and restore and questions about performance on his large (7TB) installation using split dumps. These were addressed by martineau, dustin, ggrant, Sachin, and ktill'.