[SCM] Samba Shared Repository - branch master updated

Andrew Bartlett abartlet at samba.org
Fri Dec 7 09:13:02 UTC 2018 

The branch, master has been updated
       via  d5f9bc45e22 Removed dead groups link from Mail List Etiquette
       via  61068ada6f8 Updated "About Samba" Info in README
       via  684b530aa72 Changed GitHub info to GitLab
       via  2ba30ee22d5 Updated Website section
       via  9a628c2c4e1 Added link to How to do Samba: Nicely
       via  3ef29bed78c Changed web page to webpage
      from  dcd68bce182 ldb: complex expression testing

https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=shortlog;h=master


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commit d5f9bc45e22d687c03d77afe9ada21ed79366df3
Author: Daniel Southward-Ellis <danielsouthwardellis at catalyst.net.nz>
Date:   Mon Dec 3 14:42:14 2018 +1300

    Removed dead groups link from Mail List Etiquette
    
    Signed-off-by: Daniel Southward-Ellis <danielsouthwardellis at catalyst.net.nz>
    Reviewed-by: Andrew Bartlett <abartlet at samba.org>
    Reviewed-by: Jeremy Allison <jra at samba.org>
    
    Autobuild-User(master): Andrew Bartlett <abartlet at samba.org>
    Autobuild-Date(master): Fri Dec  7 10:12:42 CET 2018 on sn-devel-144

commit 61068ada6f863f0517664f7cf4dc9b6ba15a7bd6
Author: Daniel Southward-Ellis <danielsouthwardellis at catalyst.net.nz>
Date:   Mon Dec 3 14:36:15 2018 +1300

    Updated "About Samba" Info in README
    
    Signed-off-by: Daniel Southward-Ellis <danielsouthwardellis at catalyst.net.nz>
    Reviewed-by: Andrew Bartlett <abartlet at samba.org>
    Reviewed-by: Jeremy Allison <jra at samba.org>

commit 684b530aa729011a52af760658ab7169ae0b004c
Author: Daniel Southward-Ellis <danielsouthwardellis at catalyst.net.nz>
Date:   Mon Dec 3 12:43:27 2018 +1300

    Changed GitHub info to GitLab
    
    Signed-off-by: Daniel Southward-Ellis <danielsouthwardellis at catalyst.net.nz>
    Reviewed-by: Andrew Bartlett <abartlet at samba.org>
    Reviewed-by: Jeremy Allison <jra at samba.org>

commit 2ba30ee22d55317204601a33955eddbd630776af
Author: Daniel Southward-Ellis <danielsouthwardellis at catalyst.net.nz>
Date:   Mon Dec 3 11:57:04 2018 +1300

    Updated Website section
    
    Signed-off-by: Daniel Southward-Ellis <danielsouthwardellis at catalyst.net.nz>
    Reviewed-by: Andrew Bartlett <abartlet at samba.org>
    Reviewed-by: Jeremy Allison <jra at samba.org>

commit 9a628c2c4e1f690dd37849548d54048ecfc30697
Author: Daniel Southward-Ellis <danielsouthwardellis at catalyst.net.nz>
Date:   Mon Dec 3 11:55:03 2018 +1300

    Added link to How to do Samba: Nicely
    
    Signed-off-by: Daniel Southward-Ellis <danielsouthwardellis at catalyst.net.nz>
    Reviewed-by: Andrew Bartlett <abartlet at samba.org>
    Reviewed-by: Jeremy Allison <jra at samba.org>

commit 3ef29bed78c2b65050639bc060cdf1ed6e4b6491
Author: Daniel Southward-Ellis <danielsouthwardellis at catalyst.net.nz>
Date:   Mon Dec 3 11:52:30 2018 +1300

    Changed web page to webpage
    
    Signed-off-by: Daniel Southward-Ellis <danielsouthwardellis at catalyst.net.nz>
    Reviewed-by: Andrew Bartlett <abartlet at samba.org>
    Reviewed-by: Jeremy Allison <jra at samba.org>

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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f56d7db2977..25a41c13624 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
-This is the release version of Samba, the free SMB and CIFS client and
-server and Domain Controller for UNIX and other operating
-systems. Samba is maintained by the Samba Team, who support the
-original author, Andrew Tridgell.
+About Samba
+===========
+
+Samba is the standard Windows interoperability suite of
+programs for Linux and Unix.
+Samba is Free Software licensed under the GNU General Public License and
+the Samba project is a member of the Software Freedom Conservancy.
+Since 1992, Samba has provided secure, stable and fast file and print services
+for all clients using the SMB/CIFS protocol, such as all versions of DOS
+and Windows, OS/2, Linux and many others.
+Samba is an important component to seamlessly integrate Linux/Unix Servers and
+Desktops into Active Directory environments. It can function both as a
+domain controller or as a regular domain member.
 
-**Please read THE WHOLE of this file as it gives important information
-about the configuration and use of Samba.**
 
 NOTE: Installation instructions may be found
       for the file/print server and domain member in:
@@ -13,96 +20,21 @@ NOTE: Installation instructions may be found
 For the AD DC implementation a full HOWTO is provided at:
       https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba4/HOWTO
 
+Community guidelines can be read at:
+      https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/How_to_do_Samba:_Nicely
+
 This software is freely distributable under the GNU public license, a
 copy of which you should have received with this software (in a file
 called COPYING).
 
 
-WHAT IS SMB/CIFS?
-=================
-
-This is a big question.
-
-The very short answer is that it is the protocol by which a lot of
-PC-related machines share files and printers and other information
-such as lists of available files and printers. Operating systems that
-support this natively include Windows 9x, Windows NT (and derivatives),
-OS/2, Mac OS X and Linux.  Add on packages that achieve the same
-thing are available for DOS, Windows 3.1, VMS, Unix of all kinds,
-MVS, and more.  Some Web Browsers can speak this protocol as well
-(smb://).  Alternatives to SMB include Netware, NFS, Appletalk,
-Banyan Vines, Decnet etc; many of these have advantages but none are
-both public specifications and widely implemented in desktop machines
-by default.
-
-The Common Internet File system (CIFS) is what the new SMB initiative
-is called. For details watch https://www.samba.org/cifs/.
-
-
-WHY DO PEOPLE WANT TO USE SMB?
-==============================
-
-1. Many people want to integrate their Microsoft desktop clients
-   with their Unix servers.
-
-2. Others want to integrate their Microsoft (etc) servers with Unix
-   servers. This is a different problem to integrating desktop
-   clients.
-
-3. Others want to replace protocols like NFS, DecNet and Novell NCP,
-   especially when used with PCs.
-
-
-WHAT CAN SAMBA DO?
-==================
-
-Please refer to the WHATSNEW.txt included with this README for
-a list of features in the latest Samba release.
-
-Here is a very short list of what samba includes, and what it does.
-For many networks this can be simply summarized by "Samba provides
-a complete replacement for Windows NT, Warp, NFS or Netware servers."
-
-- a SMB server, to provide Windows NT and LAN Manager-style file and print
-  services to SMB clients such as Windows 95, Warp Server, smbfs and others.
-
-- a Windows Domain Controller (NT4 and AD) replacement.
-
-- a file/print server that can act as a member of a Windows NT 4.0
-  or Active Directory domain.
-
-- a NetBIOS (rfc1001/1002) nameserver, which amongst other things gives
-  browsing support. Samba can be the master browser on your LAN if you wish.
-
-- a ftp-like SMB client so you can access PC resources (disks and
-  printers) from UNIX, Netware, and other operating systems
-
-- a tar extension to the client for backing up PCs
-
-- limited command-line tool that supports some of the NT administrative
-  functionality, which can be used on Samba, NT workstation and NT server.
-
-For a much better overview have a look at the web site at
-https://www.samba.org/samba/, and browse the user survey.
-
-Related packages include:
-
-- cifsvfs, an advanced Linux-only filesystem allowing you to mount
-  remote SMB filesystems from PCs on your Linux box. This is included
-  as standard with Linux 2.5 and later.
-
-- smbfs, the previous Linux-only filesystem allowing you to mount remote SMB
-  filesystems from PCs on your Linux box. This is included as standard with
-  Linux 2.0 and later.
-
-
 
 CONTRIBUTIONS
 =============
 
-1. To contribute via GitHub
-  - fork the official Samba team repository on GitHub
-      * see https://github.com/samba-team/samba
+1. To contribute via GitLab
+  - fork the official Samba team repository on GitLab
+      * see https://gitlab.com/samba-team/samba
   - become familiar with the coding standards as described in README.Coding
   - make sure you read the Samba copyright policy
       * see https://www.samba.org/samba/devel/copyright-policy.html
@@ -110,8 +42,8 @@ CONTRIBUTIONS
   - make changes
   - when committing, be sure to add signed-off-by tags
       * see https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/CodeReview#commit_message_tags
-  - send a pull request for your branch through GitHub
-  - this will trigger an email to the samba-technical mailing list
+  - send a merge request for your branch through GitLab
+  - this will send an email to everyone registered on GitLab
   - discussion happens on the samba-technical mailing list as described below
   - more info on using Git for Samba development can be found on the Samba Wiki
       * see https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Using_Git_for_Samba_Development
@@ -134,6 +66,7 @@ Remember that free software of this kind lives or dies by the response
 we get. If no one tells us they like it then we'll probably move onto
 something else.
 
+
 MORE INFO
 =========
 
@@ -142,11 +75,11 @@ DOCUMENTATION
 
 There is quite a bit of documentation included with the package,
 including man pages, and lots of .html files with hints and useful
-info. This is also available from the web page. There is a growing
+info. This is also available from the webpage. There is a growing
 collection of information under docs/.
 
 A list of Samba documentation in languages other than English is
-available on the web page.
+available on the webpage.
 
 If you would like to help with the documentation, please coordinate
 on the samba at samba.org mailing list.  See the next section for details
@@ -212,17 +145,16 @@ A few tips when submitting to this or any mailing list.
 7. Give as much *relevant* information as possible such as Samba
    release number, OS, kernel version, etc...
 
-8. RTFM. Google. groups.google.com.
+8. RTFM. Google.
 
 
-WEB SITE
---------
+WEBSITE
+-------
 
-A Samba WWW site has been setup with lots of useful info. Connect to:
+A Samba website has been setup with lots of useful info. Connect to:
 
 https://www.samba.org/
 
 As well as general information and documentation, this also has searchable
-archives of the mailing list and a user survey that shows who else is using
-this package.
-
+archives of the mailing list and links to other useful resources such as
+the wiki.


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