Next stable version of Samba.

[Kevin Colby]

I have to concur that I would expect TNG to be given a new
major release number--when it is released.  However, if
a number is assigned to it now, we may be having this same
discussion next year, when suddenly "4.0" is something
other than TNG.  I don't honestly expect that now, but
how many people expected "2.1" to be an issue?  This
should be given some serious thought.  Of course, much
like Netscape Communicator, should that happen "4.0"
could simply be skipped and "5.0" be assigned to the
next big thing.

	- Kevin Colby
	  kevinc at grainsystems.com



Simo Sorce wrote:
> 
> Allen wrote:
> >
> > D.Bannon at latrobe.edu.au said:
> > > The fact is that we cannot just stop Samba Version numbers at 2.0.x
> > > Mainstream samba will NEVER fulfill the 2.1 requirments mentioned in
> > > the book. All development towards PDC is in the TNG branch  and works
> > > very differently from how 2.1.0 would have been described.
> >
> > > If it was possible that the behaviour of 2.1.0 would eventually be
> > > merged into mainstream samba it would be a different matter, however
> > > when the PDC stuff appears there, it will behave like TNG, not 2.1.0.
> > > So the book is wrong, nothing can be done about that.
> >
> > If that is the case, why not renumber it to 4.0.0, with statements to the
> > effect that it breaks old instructions.
> >
> > As I understand it, if this is such a MAJOR rewrite, then a MAJOR renumber
> > should be in order.
> >
> > again, my 2c
> 
> If that matters, I agree with the lasts statments.
> The books are known to become soon obsolete and outdated in computer
> science field, so it should not be so important to maintain versioning
> compatibility with the book.
> I think it is more important that different samba products that contain
> major or consistent reworks are marked in a different way to avoid
> confusion.
> 
> The way I see this is:
> 
> 2.0.x Current stable+bugfix branch
> 2.2.x New enhanced (stable?) branch
> 3.0.x The current HEAD branch
> 4.0.x The TNG branch
> 
> A page on www.samba.org that explain exactly what every version is and
> differs from the others should be implemented (Many questions on the
> list will be avoided).
> 
> Regards,
> Simo Sorce
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