[Release Planning 4.1] Delaying 4.1.0?

[Andrew Bartlett]

On Mon, 2013-09-16 at 10:17 +0200, Karolin Seeger wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 09:53:17AM +0200, Karolin Seeger wrote:
> > One week left until freeze.
> > It looks like we at least need another release candidate.
> > Currently, it does not look like rc3 could be shipped on September 11,
> > which still is the planned release date for Samba 4.1.0 final.
> 
> Samba 4.1.0rc3 has been released on September 11. The next 4.1 release is
> scheduled for Friday, September 27. That means, the release branches will
> be frozen on Friday, September 20 (in four days).
> 
> List of current blockers:
> - https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8077
>   userParameters needs to be stored as utf8
>   Metze wrote: "Is a real bad bug, I'd wait till the last minute before
>   deferring it, but it'll require a lot of work to fix this :-("
> 
> - https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8487
>   We should not allow the modification of systemOnly attributes
>   Metze wrote: "Has a patchset that needs verification
>   and maybe a bit more work. We may be able to move this to 4.2 if it
>   requires a lot of work."
> 
> - https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8929
>   correct "servicePrincipalName" handling
>   Patches available, review needed.
> 
> - https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9654
>   pwdLastSet broken (allowing passwords that never expire)
>   Metze wrote: "Doesn't look to hard to fix,
>   but we may be able to move this to 4.2 if it requires a more of work."
>   I would love to have this one fixed for 4.1.0, but it does not seem like
>   someone is working on this one.
> 
> 
> The following patches went into the branch since rc3:
> - c4166d04: dbwrap_ctdb: Treat empty records as non-existing
>   (https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10008)
> 
> - 3f749acd, 434ca3fe, 69cf8747, ebfa34b3: Ease file server upgrades from 3.6
>   and earlier with "acl allow execute always".
>   (https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10134)
> 
> - def64cc7: Raise the level of a debug.
>   (https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10118)
> 
> - 2907f0f23: s3:smb2_find: Return that timestamps do not exist as
>   directories
>   (https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10137)
>   (autobuild pending) 
> 
> Shall we
> a) go ahead with the final release, or
> b) ship rc4 on September 27, or
> c) b) + wait until all blockers are fixed.
> 
> Me personally, I would prefer a) in this case.

I agree with a).  I'll see what I can do with metze on the
servicePrincipalName fix, but it's actually quite a change to core of
ldb's matching logic. 

Andrew Bartlett
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Andrew Bartlett                                http://samba.org/~abartlet/
Authentication Developer, Samba Team           http://samba.org