[Release Planning 3.6] Samba 3.6.0pre2
Karolin Seeger
kseeger at samba.org
Fri Jan 28 00:50:10 MST 2011
Hi Micha,
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 01:09:10AM +0100, Michael Adam wrote:
> Karolin Seeger wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 09:25:25PM +0100, Michael Adam wrote:
> > > Karolin Seeger wrote:
> > > > @Developers: Are there any features/changes that should be mentioned in
> > > > the release notes?
> > >
> > > I am currently preparing a few patches for finishing up my idmap
> > > rewrite (after waiting for feedback on the lists for some time)
> > > and need to add 1 or 2 things in the release notes.
> > > I planned to finish that this week. Is that sufficient?
> >
> > ping :-)
>
> pong.
>
> So much about plans... =/
>
> Sorry: I got delayed again and again.
> I did some commits but not all that I intended.
>
> Thanks for all your patience!
>
> I am currently writing a couple of cleanups and finishing
> strokes for the idmap rewrite. And release note entries.
> Should I commit them (whatsnew lines) directly to master/v3-6-test?
Yes, please.
> And since I did not yet manage to have patches ready to accompany
> my mail, let me raise the following point here:
> I would like to suggest a radical but very consistent subsequent
> change to idmapping that will get rid of the old and often
> confusing configuration that keeps questions popping up on the
> mailing lists and in bugzilla because it creates an illusion of
> a backwards compatibility that is in many cases deceiving.
We do really need to schedule 3.6.0pre2 and the following releases asap.
Please do provide a schedule for your changes.
As I already said, I would strongly argue against idmapping changes in 3.6
_and_ 3.7. So we do need to make a decision now.
> It is to late for me right now to write down the details.
> I will send a follow-up mail soon.
Looking forward to it.
Cheers,
Karo
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