F21 Self Contained Change: Replace Bacula with Bareos

Fri Nov 15 13:23:38 UTC 2013

----- Original Message -----
> Hello,
> 
> Bareos is currently in standby following some legal issues:
> 
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Forbidden_items#Bareos
> 
> It was added to the Forbidden Items list after I wrote the feature page.
> Until those are solved, the feature can't simply happen.

I wasn't aware of it, announced Changes in the ready for wrangler category.
What are the legal issues?

/me probably missed it here, going to take a look

Jaroslav

> Regards,
> --Simone
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 15 November 2013 13:03, Jaroslav Reznik < jreznik at redhat.com > wrote:
> 
> 
> = Proposed Self Contained Change: Replace Bacula with Bareos =
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Bareos
> 
> Change Owner(s): Simone Caronni <negativo17 at gmail.com >
> 
> The powerful Bacula network backup solution has switched from being Open
> Source friendly to being almost closed source. Originally the project was
> conceived totally as Open Source, but since the creation of Bacula Systems
> and
> its proprietary Bacula Enterprise Edition product, the Open Source (now
> called
> "Community Edition") has received less and less updates and is mostly
> abandoned.
> 
> == Detailed description ==
> The most important points that are left "abandoned" are the following:
> 
> * Installation scripts and updates to makefiles are not updated anymore.
> * New plugins and functionalities are not added anymore, except those in the
> "core" daemons.
> * Gaphical (and buggy) console has not received any update in almost two
> years.
> * Patches and bugs opened in the bug tracker are mostly left abandoned. Even
> trivial fixes are not imported in the source.
> * Windows binaries are no longer provided, nor the source for the clients has
> been updated. Even if compiled with difficulties, there is no support for
> recent
> Windows versions.
> 
> A former Bacula developer, frustrated by the situation created the fork
> Bareos
> a long time ago from Bacula 5.2.x (the current Fedora and RHEL 7 version).
> This version has now received '''a lot of bugfixes''' compared to the
> original
> Bacula source. This makes compilation and installation a lot easier than it
> was with Bacula.
> 
> On top of this, a '''lot of new features''' have been added; some unique to
> Bareos but many available only in the closed source Bacula Enterprise.
> 
> Here is the list of new features compared to the current Bacula 5.2.13:
> 
> * http://www.bareos.org/en/whats_new.html
> 
> Some highlights include NDMP support for enterprise class storage (NetApp,
> etc.), support for enterprise class tape libraries and Windows support
> (including Windows Server 2012) with Bareos generated binaries.
> 
> For further details on why a Bacula fork was created please look at the
> following links:
> 
> * http://www.bareos.org/en/faq/items/why_fork.html
> 
> Bareos can also be '''fully compatible with Bacula''' by setting a specific
> configuration directive in the Daemon configuration files; thus providing the
> option for RHEL 6/7 users to interoperate with Fedora systems.
> 
> * http://www.bareos.org/en/faq/items/bareos_bacula_compatibility.html
> 
> == Scope ==
> To accomplish the goal, the following Bacula packages need to be replaced
> with
> Bareos equivalents:
> 
> bacula
> bacula-docs
> 
> Currently, the same Fedora packages can be rebuilt as they are, to work also
> on CentOS/RHEL 5 and 6, upgrading the EPEL or official Bacula packages in the
> distributions. This is to have a consistent backup infrastructure across all
> the Fedora/CentOS/RHEL ecosystem.
> 
> To ease installation, a repository for installing those packages on a
> CentOS/RHEL system do exist:
> 
> http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/slaanesh/bacula/README.txt
> 
> The idea is the same for Bareos: import into Fedora 21 packages that can be
> rebuilt for all supported Fedora/RHEL/CentOS releases and provide a
> repository
> that can upgrade any Bacula release currently installed in the system with
> the
> new one. In detail; the upgrade scenarios supported when going from Bacula to
> Bareos would be:
> 
> From Bacula 2.4:
> * RHEL/CentOS 5 with EPEL repository
> 
> From Bacula 5.0:
> * RHEL/CentOS 6
> 
> From Bacula 5.2.13:
> 
> * Fedora 18+
> * RHEL/CentOS 5
> * RHEL/CentOS 6
> 
> As written before, the change is impacting only Fedora 21, the list of
> upgrades supported are only for users who want a consistent backup solution
> across the enterprise.
> 
> === External activities ===
> Proposal owners: I'm the current Bacula mantainer in Fedora and will complete
> the transition in time for the release.
> 
> Other developers: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
> 
> Release engineering: the release engineering team should make sure the new
> Bareos packages are in place instead of the current Bacula packages for the
> new release.
> 
> Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
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