From 627292013b11282fddb072ec6287f1ec9a56cc88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Bollengier Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 14:13:22 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] update ReleaseNotes --- bacula/ReleaseNotes | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) diff --git a/bacula/ReleaseNotes b/bacula/ReleaseNotes index bac38a20dd..00a1c24421 100644 --- a/bacula/ReleaseNotes +++ b/bacula/ReleaseNotes @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ - Release Notes for Bacula 5.2.0 + Release Notes for Bacula 5.2.0 Beta 1 - Bacula code: Total files = 1,088 Total lines = 219,172 (Using SLOCCount) + Bacula code: Total files = 1,110 Total lines = 231,439 (Using SLOCCount) General: -------- @@ -15,44 +15,53 @@ Compatibility: As always, both the Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at the same time. + The new pruning algorithm will not allow to prune jobs that are essential to + restore since the last Full backup. (TODO: see for an option...) + Older 5.0.x and 3.0.x File Daemons are compatible with the 5.2.0 Director and Storage daemons. There should be no need to upgrade older File Daemons. -Changes and New Features: +Changes: + +Speed and Memory Usage Enhancements: +- Implement LZO compression algorithm +- New Pruning algoritm -- safer and faster - Use of PostgreSQL cursor when doing large queries, should reduce the memory usage during restore and accurate backups. -- Includes better handling for Windows repares points, mount points, and - junction points. -- A few path name length limits in Windows have been removed. -- New SQL backend and ./configure that permits building multiple catalog - backends in one build, and has the main Bacula core code totally independent - of the SQL backend, which should simplify packaging (only the libbacsql.so/dll - needs to be changed. -- New database format -- Director selection option in bconsole -- restorejob command in bconsole -- Checkpoint of jobs so that in many cases they can be restarted -- Maximum Bandwidth Per Job in several places -- Disable batch insert config item -- setbandwith command -- limit command +- limit command in some list commands - Bacula Virtual File System for fast catalog access -- New Pruning algoritm -- safer and faster +- Faster crc32 algorithm + +Security Enhancements: - Additional security against injection of illegal characters -- New block delta backup/restore -- Indent lsmark during restore -- Additional script variable editing +- Possible fnmatch problem + +Features Enhancements: - Improvements in ACL and xattr handling on additional platforms: AIX, Darwind, FreeBSD, HPUX, IRIX, Solaris, Tru64 +- Tray monitor for Windows +- New SQL backend and ./configure that permits building multiple catalog + backends in one build, and has the main Bacula core code totally independent + of the SQL backend, which should simplify packaging (only the + libbacsql.so/dll needs to be changed. +- Indent lsmark during restore +- Disable batch insert config item +- Director selection option in bconsole +- restorejob command in bconsole +- Many additional features for bat such as "brestore" panel +- Improved hash table for hard links +- Additional script variable editing such as %b (JobBytes), %F (JobFiles) + and %h (Client Address) + +Other Enhancements: +- Includes better handling for Windows repares points, mount points, and + junction points. +- New database format - Many new plugin API features -- Faster crc32 algorithm - Improved memory handling for restores -- Improved hash table for hard links - Significant stability enhancements to bat -- Many additional features for bat -- Tray monitor for Windows -- New FTP device handler for Storage daemon +- A few path name length limits in Windows have been removed. Bug fixes -- 2.39.5