Kern;;;2006/01/06;;;12:30
Bacula is now able to accept direct donations, and as of
-7 December 2005, we have received the following:
+15 January 2006, we have received the following:
+
+Amounts received:
+ Date Amount: Donor:
+ 06 Oct 05 $ 50 Ludovic Strappazon
+ 28 Oct 05 $100 Pontis Corporation, Pavlo Tabashov
+ 30 Oct 05 $ 20 Jan Kesten
+ 31 Oct 05 $100 Anonymous
+ 02 Nov 05 $442 Graphical Data Capture Ltd
+ 29 Nov 05 $ 65 Jim Barlow
+ 07 Jan 06 $ 1.95 Bonus from PayPal (I don't know why)
- Amount: Donor:
- $ 50 Ludovic Strappazon
- $100 Pontis Corporation, Pavlo Tabashov
- $ 20 Jan Kesten
- $100 Anonymous
- $442 Graphical Data Capture Ltd
- $ 65 Jim Barlow
+Payments made:
+ Amount: To/for:
+ 06 Jan 06 $100 OSDN (Source Forge) for hosting Bacula
+===
-Total $744.89 After PayPal fees are deducted
+Balance:
+Total $646.84 After payments and PayPal fees are deducted
-Many thanks to these Bacula supporters.
+Many thanks to the above Bacula supporters.
-Payments made:
- Amount: To/for:
- $100 OSDN (Source Forge) hosting Bacula
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the process a bit more. The main change will be to require users
to carefully think about their feature, and submit it on a feature
request form. A mostly empty form is shown below along with an
-exaple of an actual filled in form.
+example of an actual filled in form.
Once I receive and approve the Feature Request, possibly requesting
some modifications, I'll add it to the projects file, which contains
but we would appreciate feedback positive or negative.<br>
<br>
Listing on the Bacula Professional page is offered as a
- <b>service</b>, <b>without</b> any guarantess.<br>
+ <b>service</b>, <b>without</b> any guarantees.<br>
<br>
We reserve the right to decide with reason who is
added/removed from the web page.<br>
<h3>Archives</h3>
Most of the above email lists are archived on Source Forge, but they are
-also archived on Gmane, which has better seach facilities. The
+also archived on Gmane, which has better search facilities. The
Gmane archives are at: <a href="http://news.gmane.org/search.php?match=bacula">
http://news.gmane.org/search.php?match=bacula</a>.
Bacula is now a fairly mature product, and to ensure its long
term survival, I believe it should start to pay its own way.
<p>
- As a consequence, it is now possible for you to contribute to
+ There are multiple ways of contributing to the Bacula
+ project, some of which are: ideas, user support,
+ documentation review, translation, programming and
+ contributing code, testing the new releases, hosting
+ services, testing machines, donating needed equipment, and
+ financial support.
+
+ Previously all but the last one were possible.
+ It is now possible for you to contribute financial aid
the Bacula project. All funds collected will be used to help
further the Bacula project by covering out of pocket expenses
incurred by the project (no salaries). Examples are,
Autochanger for FreeBSD testing: $3200<br>
Autochanger for Solaris testing: $3200<br>
+ If you have licenses or equipment to donate, please don't
+ hesitate to let me (Kern) know. You may also provide financial
+ support for these items.
+
<p>
Contributions may not be US tax deductible as this is a individual
Bacula project account with PayPal.
<p>
If you are a government or for-profit corporation and cannot
- make "donations", please consider paying a (non-obglitory)
+ make "donations", please consider paying a (non-obligatory)
binary license fee for any Bacula built binaries that you download.
By providing you with these pre-built, pre-tested binaries, we are
really providing you with an extra service, which merits you
payment form.
<p>
- To make a contribution, please click on the donate button at the
- top of the screen, and your transaction will be secured and
- confirmed directly by PayPal. Since only check the account once a
- week, if you want me to know sooner that you have contributed, please
- send me an email directly: kern at sibbald dot com.
+ To make a contribution, please click on the donate button at
+ the top of the screen, and your transaction will be secured
+ and confirmed directly by PayPal. If you contribute, or have
+ any questions, please send me an email directly: kern at
+ sibbald dot com.
<p>
If you need an invoice, I can send you one, but in order to limit my
with Bacula, and we are pleased to list their names here as a service, but
without any guarantees.<br>
<br>
- Please read that short 'licence' for further details: <a href="?page=listlic">Listing licence</a><br>
+ Please read that short 'license' for further details: <a href="?page=listlic">Listing license</a><br>
All names have been reviewed and approved. <br>
<br>
All email-addresses are extended with a 'NOSPAM'-tag, please remove it before sending an email.<br>
<br>
<br>
Modern communications, Internet projects and IT services since 1996!
- Specialized in heterogenous networks (linux, mac, windows) and open
+ Specialized in heterogeneous networks (linux, mac, windows) and open
source solutions.
<br>
<a href="http://www.raptus.com">http://www.raptus.com</a><br>
the list. If you <em>really</em> have something confidential,
please clearly indicate it.</p>
- <p>If you are looking for live-suppport you might check out our irc-channel
+ <p>If you are looking for live-support you might check out our irc-channel
in the <a href="http://www.freenode.net">Freenode</a> net, called #bacula.
<h3>Information Needed</h3>
for this project.<br>
<br>
Ludovic Strappazon<br>
- Université Marc Bloch de Strasbourg.<br>
+ University Marc Bloch de Strasbourg.<br>
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\item Search the Pool for a Volume with VolStatus=Purged
\item If InChanger was set, go back to the first step above, but
this second time, ignore the InChanger flag in step 2.
+\item If a Pool named "Scratch" exists, search for a Volume and if found
+ move it to the current Pool for the Job and use it.
\item Attempt to create a new Volume if automatic labeling enabled
If Python is enabled, a Python NewVolume even is generated before
the Label Format check is used.
-\item If a Pool named "Scratch" exists, search for a Volume and if found
- move it to the current Pool for the Job and use it.
\item Prune the oldest Volume if RecycleOldestVolume=yes (the Volume with the
oldest LastWritten date and VolStatus equal to Full, Recycle, Purged, Used,
or Append is chosen). This record ensures that all retention periods are
-Beta-1.38.4 (11 January 2006)
+Beta-1.38.4 (12 January 2006)