Release 3.0 Status
+Target:
+ Release before 15 April
+
New features implemented:
- Accurate Backup
- Copy Jobs
- TLS Authenticate
- Console (in RunScript)
-Project Items Completed for version 3.0.0:
+New features from Project Items Completed for version 3.0.0
+ also listed above:
Item 1: Accurate restoration of renamed/deleted files
Item 3: Merge multiple backups (Synthetic Backup or Consolidation)
Item 4: Implement Catalog directive for Pool resource in Director
Item 28: Implement an option to modify the last written date for volumes
Item n: Split documentation into several books
-New features to be documented:
+New features needing documentation:
- Update src/plugins/README
- command separator in console (!$%&'()*+,-/:;<>?[]^`{|}~)
- examples/database/dbcheck.sql
- Added FD bVarAccurate and bVarFileSeen variables
- Added plugin entrypoint checkFile
-
Code to be completed before 3.0.0 is released:
-2. Fix Exchange plugin bugs 1234,1235,1236,1237
+1. Fix Exchange plugin bugs 1234,1235,1236,1237
*1234 fixed.
-4. Finish documentation (some noted above)
-6. Make plugins work with Accurate -- needs two new API calls
+2. Finish documentation (some noted above)
+3. Make plugins work with Accurate -- needs two new API calls
- mark file not deleted
- is file deleted (at end of job)
- - Pass accurate flag to Plugin
-7. Proper installation of bat files
-8. Turn off plugin options code until fully implemented.
-9. Review whether or not plugins co-exist with encryption,
- compression, ...
-
-Bat help files:
-/usr/share/doc/bat/help (default)
-Typical /usr/share/doc/xxx
- changelog.Debian.gz
- changelog.gz
- CHANGES.txt.gz
- copyright
- CREDITS.txt
- examples
- FAQ.txt
- help
- README.Debian
- README.txt
+ - Pass accurate flag to Plugin (* this works)
+ * code implemented not yet intgrated into Exchange plugin
+7. Plugin checks
+ - check plugin entry point definitions
+ - check plugin license, author, ...
+8. Install similar files to below ...
+ /usr/share/doc/bat/help (default)
+ Typical /usr/share/doc/xxx
+ changelog.Debian.gz
+ changelog.gz
+ CHANGES.txt.gz
+ copyright
+ CREDITS.txt
+ examples
+ FAQ.txt
+ help
+ README.Debian
+ README.txt
Features that will not be completed:
- Plugin Options
separate Configuration manual.
- Not all new features are tested or tested well
enough
+- Normal (as opposed to command) plugins are not yet
+ implemented (these are plugins can register to receive
+ specific backup/restore events).
+ See section 3.1 of the manual for more details.