afbackup

File Release Notes and Changelog

Release Name: afbackup-3.5

Notes:
---+3.5
   * barcode data and arbitrary cartridge descriptions supported. See
     HOWTO 37 and the manual pages of cart_ctl for details
   * some cartridge attributes (e.g. read-only setting) can be maintained
     and listed by the cart_ctl command now. Refer to the manual page
     of cart_ctl for more
   * afbackup can be used on Mac-OS X now
   * minor bug fixes, streamlining and performance enhancements
   * release-notes wiki-fied ;-) (i *love* it), more docs to be


Changes:
3.4 - 3.5
	- Bug fixed: cart_ctrl -i aborted on unreadable tape
	- Minor implementation enhancements e.g. for performance
	- MacOS-X (10) supported, at least the client side has been tested
	- Support for barcode tape labels, thus
	- cart_ctl notably extended: Detailed listings, attribute assignments,
	  cartridge descriptions etc.
	- Usage output of server and mserver corrected
	- Bug fixed: When packing (backup) with an external processing command
	  (e.g. compression) and later during unpack the reverse processing
	  command can not be executed, the afclient program terminated without
	  any message
	- debian subdirectory removed due to maintainer's
	  request