Release Notes for Bacula 7.9.0
-Release Version 7.9.0
+Release Version 7.9.0 pre-release beta
-For the most part the changes were contributed to the Bacula
-project by Bacula Systems SA.
+This is either the biggest Bacula release ever made or one of the
+biggest ones. Even without the new Aligned Volumes source code, which
+is substantial, there are over 78,700 lines of diff output between
+Release 7.4.7 and this release of 9.0.0
-This is a new release with a new version number. It has been
+This is a major new release with a new version number. It has been
very thoroughly tested, but as always, the new features may not
-always work as expected.
+always work as expected.
+
+For the most part the changes were contributed to the Bacula
+project by Bacula Systems SA.
Database Update
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-This version of Bacula requires a database update.
-
+This version of Bacula requires a database update. So either you or the
+installation process must apply the update_bacula_tables script.
Compatibility:
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manual.
08May17
- - Massive (70,000+ lines) backport of code from Bacula Enterprise 8.8.
+ - Massive (78,748+ lines) backport of code from Bacula Enterprise 8.8.
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- Adapt update_bacula_tables scripts for catalog version 15
- Allow to use Base directive in a JobDefs
/* Note: there can be only *one* VERSION in this file */
#define VERSION "7.9.0"
-#define BDATE "14 May 2017"
-#define LSMDATE "14May17"
+#define BDATE "18 May 2017"
+#define LSMDATE "18May17"
#define RELEASE 1 /* Use ONLY in rpms */