[Samba] [OT] Ubuntu samba package

Pau Garcia i Quiles pgquiles at elpauer.org
Wed Oct 7 08:37:21 MDT 2009


Hello,

(I can't remember if I already answered this)

There are Samba 3.4.1 packages for Hardy and Jaunty in my PPA:
http://launchpad.net/~pgquiles/+archive/ppa

Samba 3.4.2 packages will be available in a couple of days.

On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 1:44 AM, Adam Nielsen <adam.nielsen at uq.edu.au> wrote:
>> It's a bit OT, i know, but i'm curious.
>>
>> Does anybody know why a version marked as LTS (Long Time Support)
>> doesn't offer a more recent version of Samba package? Is there any issue
>> between Ubuntu and Samba people? Or are there technical problems?
>
> Well given that Ubuntu would be marking it as LTS I guess it's a
> question for them.  I think there are so many changes between the major
> revisions (3.0 -> 3.2) you often can't just upgrade and it'll work like
> you can with the minor revisions.
>
> I don't know why they don't make new versions available for people
> installing from scratch, but perhaps they can answer that question.
>
> Cheers,
> Adam.
>
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