Re: Amanda.org Website Updates -- Amanda bugfix release?

Am 03.12.20 um 07:04 schrieb Nathan Stratton Treadway:
> On Wed, Dec 02, 2020 at 00:26:08 +0000, Pavan Raj wrote:
> I could probably get excited about a revamped amanda.org website
> someday, but really getting a bugfix release out the door seems much
> more important.
> 
> v3.5.1 was released December 1, 2017.  Since then a number of fixes for
> bugs have been identified, but all those fixes are still not available
> for atual use anywhere, except for the few custom patches being applied
> by some distribution-specific maintainers.  (There was an effort in
> November 2019 to collect some of the patches into the Zmanda git repo,
> but after that brief spurt nothing else happened.)
> 
> Over the past couple of months we (here on this list) have identified
> several pretty serious bugs and come up with some apparent workarounds,
> but had no activity/help from Betsol developers in identifying the
> underlying cause and finding correct fixes for those issues, let alone
> in getting those fixes tested out and then incorportated into a release
> so users can avoid those problems in the future.
> 
> So as an urgent first step, I'd definitely be in favor of a 3.5.2
> release (and preferably a plan for subsequent minor releases coming down
> the pike) before any effort is spent on a website refresh...

I agree 100%. 3.5.1 is 3(!) years old now. And buggy.

(sidenote: the font in the mockups isn't suited for technical 
documentation in my opinion)

Stefan