Next stable version of Samba.

David Bannon D.Bannon at latrobe.edu.au
Wed May 17 23:08:23 GMT 2000


At 08:41 AM 18/05/2000 +1000, Gregory Leblanc wrote:
>> "You will need to use at least Samba 2.1 to ensure that PDC 
>> functionality for Windows NT clients is present..."
>
>... If it's referring to the "HEAD" branch in Samba, it
>seems a bit strange that they would have published it with a version number
>instead.

yep, the HEAD branch was refered to as 2.1.x at one stage, it identified
itself as such. Please see attached gif for an eg (it says under the
server's properties that is a '2.1.0 prealpha').

How can we freeze the version number until Luke et al catches up ?



>
>> 
>> 
>> my $0.02
>> 
>> Thanks!!
>> 
>> > 
>> > Hi all,
>> > 
>> >         I'd like to ask to make a version number change
>> > for the next stable release. Currently we're planning to
>> > release something we're planning to call 2.0.8.
>> > 
>> > However, what I'm actually busyly creating in the CVS tree
>> > is HEAD minus vfs and dfs and some of the TNG mods.
>> > 
>> > This is a very big change to call 2.0.8, which implies a
>> > minor rev. on 2.0.7.
>> > 
>> > Now I still want to ship this code as the next release,
>> > as it is *significantly* better than what otherwise would
>> > be in 2.0.8. I will go into more details on the changes
>> > in a later email, but this code is *definately* more robust
>> > and correct from an SMB standpoint than the 2.0.x code.
>> > 
>> > But I'd like to call it 2.2.0 instead. That way people
>> > know this is a more significant change, and will hopefully
>> > do more testing before slotting this into a production
>> > system.
>> > 
>> > Currently I have buy off from the rest of the Samba Team
>> > on this version change, what does everyone else think ? 
>> > 
>> > Regards,
>> > 
>> > 	Jeremy Allison,
>> > 	Samba Team.
>> > 
>> > -- 
>> > --------------------------------------------------------
>> > Buying an operating system without source is like buying
>> > a self-assembly Space Shuttle with no instructions.
>> > --------------------------------------------------------
>> > 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> 	Steve Williams, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
>> 	Genie Computer Systems Inc.
>> 	steve at genie96.com
>> 
>> "A man doesn't begin to attain wisdom until he recognizes that he is 
>>  no longer indispensable."
>> - Admiral Richard E. Byrd ( 1888-1957 )
>> 
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