Bacula patches

Hello,

Recently someone asked me about patches that
I produce from time to time. The question was
whether or not I would release updated download-able
source containing the patches.

My answer was no because it takes me 4-6 hours
(and sometimes more) to prepare a release.  However,
I have for quite some time been thinking about
patches because I am not at all happy about my
current way of distributing them (emailing them
to the list).

Finally, today, I came up with an idea that will
improve things a lot for those of you who may want
to apply the patches I generate.  The idea consists
of two parts:

1. All patches will now begin with the release number
   of Bacula to which they apply.  It will be followed
   by a unique sequence number starting at 1, then
   be followed by one or two keywords.  In addition,
   inside the patch file, at the top, I will put a
   brief description of what the patch does and 
   instructions on how to apply it. For example,
   the first patch for Bacula version 1.31a is
   named:

    1.31a-1-bls.patch

   and the top of the file contains:

     This patch fixes bls so that it can list
     files backed up from a Windows machine.
 
     Apply with:
     cd <bacula-source>/src/stored
     patch -p0 <1.31a-1-bls.patch
     cd <bacula-source>
     make
     ...

2. I will make all the patches download-able from
   SourceForge.  They are to be found under the
   heading:  bacula-patches/1.31a

This procedure has the advantage that it doesn't take me
too long to upload and release the patches, and you can
immediately see all the patches at any given time are
available, and you can decide which ones to apply and 
which ones you don't apply.

If patches for Bacula 1.31a interest you, please take
a look at the Bacula main page on Source Forge, and
you will find that I have uploaded 8 patches.  Please
be very careful if you apply any of these patches because
they are generally not tested. 

If I missed any patches that I have previously sent out
for Bacula 1.31a, please let me know.  From this point on,
I will be sure to release all patches.

Best regards,

Kern

PS: I only have a few minor things to implement for Bacula
    1.32, if you have the time and inclination, you might
    want to pull the latest Bacula from the CVS.  In any
    case, I will create and release a beta tar file for the
    source sometime next week.

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