Hello,

I have just released Bacula BETA 1.39.24.20061002 source and the Win32 
binaries to Source Forge.  This is very likely to be the last beta release or 
next to last release before the official 1.40 production release in the 
second half of November.

There are quite a number of areas of this code that need careful testing, and 
over the next week, I'll try to come up with a list of items.  If you are 
already using version 1.39.x, the upgrade should be relatively simple and 
there are no changes in the 1.39.x client protocols, but you should upgrade 
the Director and Storage daemon simultaneously.

Please read the full ChangeLog for details of what has changed since beta 
1.39.22.

If you are upgrading from 1.38.x, please read the release notes carefully as 
there are a number of "gotcha" and incompatibilities as well as a database 
upgrade, all of which generally go quite smoothly providing you read the 
Release Notes.

Although there are a lot of fixes and enhancements since 1.39.22, the main 
items to know about for 1.39.24 are:

- Windows tray status windows are scrollable and resizable.
- Win32 external script excution is much more flexible -- handles
  spaces in names better, ...
- Lots of DVD fixes -- I think they now work!
- Fix opening of database in a restricted console to respect
  any Catalog ACL.

==== IMPORTANT a stock SuSE 10.1 kernel may crash  =====
- A stock SuSE 10.1 kernel may crash when Bacula runs and accesses
  the tape drive. Workaround, load a Fedora kernel, which works fine,
  or load the SuSE 10.2 rc5 kernel which also works fine.

Note, the SuSE crash noted above is not a Bacula, nor a Bacula specific 
problem rather it is a kernel bug, and the SuSE kernel guys are actively 
working on it.  If anyone needs a SuSE 10.2 rc5 kernel let me know, and I 
will upload the rpm to my web site.  I extracted it from the 10.2 rc5 ISO 
disk as to the best of my knowlege it is not yet available directly for 
download.

Best regards, 

Kern

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