Re: [Dar-discussions] 2.6 ETA?

[J. R. <jo...@an...>]

On Monday, July 2, 2018 10:16:46 PM CEST Denis Corbin wrote:
> On 02/07/2018 07:40, J. Roeleveld wrote:
> > On Sunday, July 1, 2018 10:21:51 PM CEST Denis Corbin wrote:
> >> On 01/07/2018 16:12, mannino wrote:
> >>> Is there any estimate on when 2.6 will be made available for
> >>> public? I have read it has been stable since last year (?) and
> >>> originally planned for release "near the end of" 2017.
> >> 
> >> yes, the project got some delay due to heavy load at work (I mean
> >> real work, the one I'm paid for) family constraints and some new
> >> features that were more complex than I expected to add properly.
> >> 
> >> I have completed all planned features, the libdar API needed a
> >> global redesign, this is done too. Features have been tested
> >> individually, but there is still a lot of testing to perform
> >> globally and probably some bugs to understand and fix. I also
> >> need to do performance testing due to the change of memory
> >> allocation used.
> > 
> > Denis,
> > 
> > If you have test-scripts that can be fired off against large (Think
> > multiple TBs and thousands of files) datasets, let me know. I got a
> > machine where I can let a few scripts run without impacting
> > production too much. I don't have time to fully test myself, but if
> > the scripts can run unattended and have consistency checks built-in
> > with proper reporting, I can offer my services.
> 
> Thanks a lot, this will be helful in time.
> 
> But, what I will lack the most is the diversity of operating system to
> test dar/libdar on...

All important files are all stored on the server, which runs Linux.
The 2 MS Windows VMs are "backed up" using synchronisation to the backup-
server.

I could spin up a few test-VMs where similar scripts can be run.

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Joost