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Areca Backup - Roadmap
The following stages are intended to extend the lifespan of Areca.
Last update: 2024-10-21
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Not started[/]
Work in progress[X]
Finished
Stage 1 - Preserve Areca project
[X]
Create a (Git
) repository from its source code releases.[X]
Recover the no longer available online documentation (Olivier Petrucci's original site).
Stage 2 - Fix build pipeline and errors that prevent Areca from running on current systems
Stage 2 requires stage 1.
[X]
Fix Areca launchers[X]
Support for the currentJava
LTS versions [8, 11, 17, 21][X]
Add missing assets for building release bundles[X]
Fix build pipeline[X]
FixCheck for new version ...
feature.
Stage 3 - Set up a development environment
Stage 3 requires stage 2.
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Analyze whether built-in Areca tests are up-to-date and comprehensive enough.[/]
Black box testing (functional and non-functional)[ ]
Static code analysis[ ]
Unit Testing[ ]
Code Coverage[/]
Create dev's documentation
Stage 4 - Fixes and new features
Stage 4 requires stage 2 and can be done in parallel with stage 5.
It also requires stage 3 for fixes and for adding new features whose changes may have dangerous side effects.
[X]
Support for embeddedJRE
s/JDK
s andJAVA_HOME
[X]
Broken links to online documentation.[/]
Support additional platforms[X]
Support for column sorting[/]
Update user's documentation[ ]
Translations
May require some objectives of stage 3
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Update all Java dependencies.[/]
Identify and try to fix reported unfixed bugs in https://sourceforge.net/p/areca/bugs/[ ]
Identify interesting requested new features in https://sourceforge.net/p/areca/feature-requests/
Stage 5 - Plugins
Stage 5 requires stage 2 and can be done in parallel with stage 4.
Analysis
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Update legacy Areca’s plugin API documentation.[ ]
Develop a demo plugin / FixAreca Amazon S3 Plugin
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Document how to develop plugins.
Development
[ ]
ReimplementVolume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)
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Cloud storage services[ ]
Standard protocols