When creating a new file/directory, we need to obey the create mask/directory mask parameters.

[Jeremy Allison]

On Wed, Oct 03, 2012 at 12:20:36AM -0400, simo wrote:
> 
> Hi Jeremy,
> I do not particularly like the approach of overwriting share parameters,
> it is aesthetically unpleasing, but I see why it is easier to do.
> 
> However I would like to ask to do semantic changes for 4.0 rather than
> wait for 4.1 on different grounds. I think that what you want to do as
> the 'proper' fix represent a change in semantics that would be difficult
> to accept within a point release. I would rather have semantics change
> on a .0 release so that enterprise distributions can more easily upgrade
> to 4.1 file servers without breaking their promises.
> A semantics change of this magnitude in a point release would make life
> difficult for those of us that try to update samba code in enterprise
> distros.
> 
> > > That we are so close to a release is no excuse to put aside good
> > > software engineering practice.  Indeed, it is every reason to apply that
> > > rigour even more strongly. 
> > 
> > I'm happy to get feedback from the samba-technical
> > list, but this will push back the next rc, by however
> > long it takes to come to a consensus on this.
> > 
> > That's fine by me, I'm in no hurry :-).
> 
> Although I am a bit in a hurry, unless the delay is measured in months
> rather than a week or so I would gladly take the delay if the end result
> is that all semantic changes happen in 4.0, even if more elegant code
> fixes are delayed to 4.1
> I just care about changing semantics / dropping legacy options in 4.0
> rather than 4.1

Ok. I'll run the poll on samba-technical, and prepare
the code changes to remove those parameters (assuming
no one is really using them, which actually I think
is the case :-). After all, this bug has been there
for quite a time.

It shouldn't take more than a week or so, I'll ask
Karolin to wait until this gets done before doing
rc3.

Jeremy.