----- Original Message ----- > Hello, > > Bareos is currently in standby following some legal issues: > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Forbidden_items#Bareos > > It was added to the Forbidden Items list after I wrote the feature page. > Until those are solved, the feature can't simply happen. I wasn't aware of it, announced Changes in the ready for wrangler category. What are the legal issues? /me probably missed it here, going to take a look Jaroslav > Regards, > --Simone > > > > > > On 15 November 2013 13:03, Jaroslav Reznik < jreznik@xxxxxxxxxx > wrote: > > > = Proposed Self Contained Change: Replace Bacula with Bareos = > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Bareos > > Change Owner(s): Simone Caronni <negativo17 at gmail.com > > > The powerful Bacula network backup solution has switched from being Open > Source friendly to being almost closed source. Originally the project was > conceived totally as Open Source, but since the creation of Bacula Systems > and > its proprietary Bacula Enterprise Edition product, the Open Source (now > called > "Community Edition") has received less and less updates and is mostly > abandoned. > > == Detailed description == > The most important points that are left "abandoned" are the following: > > * Installation scripts and updates to makefiles are not updated anymore. > * New plugins and functionalities are not added anymore, except those in the > "core" daemons. > * Gaphical (and buggy) console has not received any update in almost two > years. > * Patches and bugs opened in the bug tracker are mostly left abandoned. Even > trivial fixes are not imported in the source. > * Windows binaries are no longer provided, nor the source for the clients has > been updated. Even if compiled with difficulties, there is no support for > recent > Windows versions. > > A former Bacula developer, frustrated by the situation created the fork > Bareos > a long time ago from Bacula 5.2.x (the current Fedora and RHEL 7 version). > This version has now received '''a lot of bugfixes''' compared to the > original > Bacula source. This makes compilation and installation a lot easier than it > was with Bacula. > > On top of this, a '''lot of new features''' have been added; some unique to > Bareos but many available only in the closed source Bacula Enterprise. > > Here is the list of new features compared to the current Bacula 5.2.13: > > * http://www.bareos.org/en/whats_new.html > > Some highlights include NDMP support for enterprise class storage (NetApp, > etc.), support for enterprise class tape libraries and Windows support > (including Windows Server 2012) with Bareos generated binaries. > > For further details on why a Bacula fork was created please look at the > following links: > > * http://www.bareos.org/en/faq/items/why_fork.html > > Bareos can also be '''fully compatible with Bacula''' by setting a specific > configuration directive in the Daemon configuration files; thus providing the > option for RHEL 6/7 users to interoperate with Fedora systems. > > * http://www.bareos.org/en/faq/items/bareos_bacula_compatibility.html > > == Scope == > To accomplish the goal, the following Bacula packages need to be replaced > with > Bareos equivalents: > > bacula > bacula-docs > > Currently, the same Fedora packages can be rebuilt as they are, to work also > on CentOS/RHEL 5 and 6, upgrading the EPEL or official Bacula packages in the > distributions. This is to have a consistent backup infrastructure across all > the Fedora/CentOS/RHEL ecosystem. > > To ease installation, a repository for installing those packages on a > CentOS/RHEL system do exist: > > http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/slaanesh/bacula/README.txt > > The idea is the same for Bareos: import into Fedora 21 packages that can be > rebuilt for all supported Fedora/RHEL/CentOS releases and provide a > repository > that can upgrade any Bacula release currently installed in the system with > the > new one. In detail; the upgrade scenarios supported when going from Bacula to > Bareos would be: > > From Bacula 2.4: > * RHEL/CentOS 5 with EPEL repository > > From Bacula 5.0: > * RHEL/CentOS 6 > > From Bacula 5.2.13: > > * Fedora 18+ > * RHEL/CentOS 5 > * RHEL/CentOS 6 > > As written before, the change is impacting only Fedora 21, the list of > upgrades supported are only for users who want a consistent backup solution > across the enterprise. > > === External activities === > Proposal owners: I'm the current Bacula mantainer in Fedora and will complete > the transition in time for the release. > > Other developers: N/A (not a System Wide Change) > > Release engineering: the release engineering team should make sure the new > Bareos packages are in place instead of the current Bacula packages for the > new release. > > Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change) > _______________________________________________ > devel-announce mailing list > devel-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce > > > > -- > You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of > the shore (R. 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