Blocker list for V3

[deajan]

This is the current list of things to sort out before releasing next beta.

• GUI: Move global prometheus config from repo config to global config
  • Done in 56686ec
• Test multiple pre/post exec script execution Allow multiple pre and post exec commands #13
• Make ${BACKUP_JOB} expansion work with repo_config ${BACKUP_JOB} value
• Compile and test -c parameter
• Compile and test --stdin on windows and linux Allow pipe in data in CLI mode #45
• Test retention policy Retention policy #27
  • Make policy work in group operation CLI mode
• Test S3 backend
• Test remote backend failure rest-server returns bogus result when remote connection sends html error page #39
• Changing repo_uri in config is not updated immediatly in main gui
• Make sure metrics get uploaded in GUI
• Optimize speed for ls operation
• Fix inheritance (repo = false, group = true should give false)
• Save GUI manager password
• Check prometheus global propagation in config file
• Windows / Linux task creation GUI / CLI command

The followling list must be sorted in RC

• Added -no-cache option for RO systems
• Compiled GUI fails on KDE 6 /Xwayland, see RHEL 7 COMPILED VERSION ERROR: On Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and 24.04: "Invalid or missing encoding declaration" error message #62
• Show permissions in --show-config and GUI
• Show audience in config file
• Fix --snapshots command when False is returned (check in RO system)
• Try to load exclusion files relative from current executable if not found
• Multi-repo creation doesn't work
• Housekeeping doesn't work properly
• Need more feedback

The following list must be sorted out before going final

• Recheck all functions for CLI, GUI and viewer
• Update grafana dashboard to include new metrics
• Make customization easier for images and icons
• Improve documentation
• Create new default configuration files for linux and windows
• Make new installer (get rid of Python installer which basically just added task creation. SFX ? Nullsoft ? What about AV engines ?) Windows install doesn't install -- Errno 22 Invalid argument #35

Any help, especially testing, and writing unit tests, is highly welcome.

[deajan]

Finally some good news, we're really close to a v3.0.0 release.
Program is running for months, and the feedback gained helped improve major parts of the monitoring as well as general UX.