Re: Is Amanda Dead?

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(I found the original message in my spam folder.)

I'm not speaking for anyone officially, but the Computer Science department
at the University of Maryland (original home of Amanda) had someone working
on trying to modernize the build process for new operating systems without
much success and since then has been evaluating moving to some other
software...

- Y

Sent from a device with a very small keyboard and hyperactive autocorrect.

On Thu, May 11, 2023, 5:48 PM Dustin J. Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote:

> Huh, I missed the initial message on this thread. I wonder if this
> mailing-list manager is having trouble delivering things. I imagine it's
> largely unmaintained?
>
> Anyway, there's been some changes in the last few weeks to the website,
> e.g., https://sourceforge.net/p/amanda/www/512/ -- so there might be
> something going on. I don't know who Shipra is, though (
> https://sourceforge.net/u/developershipra/profile/).
>
> Dustin
>
> On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 4:03=E2=80=AFPM Ian Turner <[email protected]> wr=
ote:
>
>> I don=E2=80=99t have like any data on this but my guess is that things h=
ave
>> returned to the status quo around the turn of the century, before Zmanda=
,
>> when Amanda was widely used but without much development.
>>
>> Though if I had to guess probably both the user and development
>> communities today are smaller than they were then.
>>
>> On May 11, 2023, at 12:36 PM, Chris Nighswonger <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> =EF=BB=BF
>> So... is Amanda dead?
>>
>> What prompts this is that the client/server download links on the zamand=
a
>> website are non-functional. (https://www.zmanda.com/downloads/) And its
>> been ages since I've received any activity from the list.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>

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<div dir=3D"auto"><div>(I found the original message in my spam folder.)<di=
v dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">I&#39;m not speaking for anyone =
officially, but the Computer Science department at the University of Maryla=
nd (original home of Amanda) had someone working on trying to modernize the=
 build process for new operating systems without much success and since the=
n has been evaluating moving to some other software...</div><div dir=3D"aut=
o"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">- Y<br><br><div data-smartmail=3D"gmail_sign=
ature" dir=3D"auto">Sent from a device with a very small keyboard and hyper=
active autocorrect.</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"l=
tr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, May 11, 2023, 5:48 PM Dustin J. Mitchell &=
lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer=
">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quot=
e" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">=
<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Huh, I missed the initial message on this thread. I w=
onder if this mailing-list manager is having trouble delivering things. I i=
magine it&#39;s largely unmaintained?</div><div><br></div><div>Anyway, ther=
e&#39;s been some changes in the last few weeks to the website, e.g., <a hr=
ef=3D"https://sourceforge.net/p/amanda/www/512/" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferr=
er" target=3D"_blank">https://sourceforge.net/p/amanda/www/512/</a> -- so t=
here might be something going on. I don&#39;t know who Shipra is, though (<=
a href=3D"https://sourceforge.net/u/developershipra/profile/" rel=3D"norefe=
rrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://sourceforge.net/u/developershipr=
a/profile/</a>).</div><div><br></div><div>Dustin<br></div></div><br><div cl=
ass=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, May 11, 2=
023 at 4:03=E2=80=AFPM Ian Turner &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" =
rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; w=
rote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0p=
x 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=
=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"ltr"></div><div dir=3D"ltr">I don=E2=80=99t have like=
 any data on this but my guess is that things have returned to the status q=
uo around the turn of the century, before Zmanda, when Amanda was widely us=
ed but without much development.</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr">Though if I had to guess probably both the user and development co=
mmunities today are smaller than they were then.</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br>=
<div dir=3D"ltr"></div><blockquote type=3D"cite">On May 11, 2023, at 12:36 =
PM, Chris Nighswonger &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" r=
el=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]=
</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div di=
r=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<div style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;fon=
t-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div>So... is Amanda dead?<br></div><div><br>=
</div><div>What prompts this is that the client/server download links on th=
e zamanda website are non-functional. (<a href=3D"https://www.zmanda.com/do=
wnloads/" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://www.zmand=
a.com/downloads/</a>) And its been ages since I&#39;ve received any activit=
y from the list.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Chris<br></div></div></div></=
blockquote></div></blockquote></div>
</blockquote></div></div></div>

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