[Samba] What is the difference between the versions?

[Rowland Penny]

On Thu, 08 Dec 2016 13:39:21 +0000
Edson via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> Difference of versions:
> 
> Samba 4.5.2
> 
> Samba 4.3.12
> 
> Samba 4.4.7
> 
> Sernet
> 
> hug!!!

OK, Samba uses the numbers as a way of keeping track of the versions
and the numbers break down into three. The first is the major version,
in this case '4', the second is the release series of the version and
the last is the minor version. This means that '4.5.2' is the major
version '4', release '5', minor version '2'

Only the major version '4', release version '3', minor version '0' and
up are supported by Samba. Anything before '4.3.0' is no longer
supported directly by Samba, but there may be support from distro's
still using versions before this.

The Sernet packages are just that, packages supplied by Sernet, just
like the Samba packages you get from a distro.

Rowland