Release Notes Samba 4.2.0

[David Disseldorp]

Hi Karolin,

On Sun, 3 Aug 2014 20:51:04 +0200
Karolin Seeger <kseeger at samba.org> wrote:

> please provide input for the 4.2.0 release notes as soon as possible.

I'd like to add the following:

Transparent File Compression
============================

Samba 4.2.0 adds support for the manipulation of file and folder
compression flags on the Btrfs filesystem.
With the Btrfs Samba VFS module enabled, SMB2+ compression flags can
be set remotely from the Windows Explorer File->Properties->Advanced
dialog. Files flagged for compression are transparently compressed
and uncompressed when accessed or modified.


Previous File Versions with Snapper
===================================

The newly added Snapper VFS module exposes snapshots managed by
Snapper for use by Samba. This provides the ability for remote
clients to access shadow-copies via Windows Explorer using the
"previous versions" dialog.

Cheers, David