Author: jerry Date: 2005-06-21 04:29:30 +0000 (Tue, 21 Jun 2005) New Revision: 7794
WebSVN: http://websvn.samba.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi?view=rev&root=samba&rev=7794 Log: starting release notes for 3.0.20pre1 Modified: branches/SAMBA_3_0_RELEASE/WHATSNEW.txt Changeset: Modified: branches/SAMBA_3_0_RELEASE/WHATSNEW.txt =================================================================== --- branches/SAMBA_3_0_RELEASE/WHATSNEW.txt 2005-06-21 04:24:49 UTC (rev 7793) +++ branches/SAMBA_3_0_RELEASE/WHATSNEW.txt 2005-06-21 04:29:30 UTC (rev 7794) @@ -1,18 +1,115 @@ ================================== - Release Notes for Samba 3.0.15pre2 - Apr 18, 2005 + Release Notes for Samba 3.0.20pre1 + June 21, 2005 ================================== -This is a preview release of the Samba 3.0.15 code base and +This is a preview release of the Samba 3.0.20 code base and is provided for testing only. This release is *not* intended -for production servers. However, there have been several bug -fixes and new features added since 3.0.14a that we feel are -important to make available to the Samba community for wider -testing. There are still more changes planned before the -final 3.0.15 release. +for production servers. There has been a substancial amount +of development since the 3.0.14a stable release (and since the +3.015pre2 release as well). We would like to ask the Samba +community for help in testing these changes as we work towards +the next official, production Samba 3.0 release. Additional features introduced in Samba 3.0.15pre2 include: + o + + +What happened to 3.0.15 - 3.0.19? +================================== + +After some discussion it was deemed that the amount of changes +going into the next Samba 3.0 release needed something to catch +people's attention. Skipping several releases was chosed as +the best solution with the least overhead. There will be no +3.0.15 - 3.0.19 ever released. The next production release +following 3.0.20 should be 3.0.21. + +The original announcement about the version number change can +be found in the samba mailing list archives: + +http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=samba&m=111721010206997&w=2 + + +###################################################################### +Changes +####### + +Changes since 3.0.15pre2 +------------------------ + + Parameter Name Action + -------------- ------ + +commits +------- + +o Jeremy Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> + * Add checks against the current effective groupid (e.g. force + user) when testing write permissions one ACLs. + + +o Timur Bakeyev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +o Gerald (Jerry) Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> + * BUG 2626: ensure that the calling_name is set to something + after parsing smb.conf (if not set via -n). + + +o Guenther Deschner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +o Steve French <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> + +o Deryck Hodge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> + * BUG 2137: Encode quotes for display in HTML (original patch + from Jay Fenlason). + + +o Guenter Kukkukk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +o Tom Lackemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +o Volker Lendecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> + * Refactor passdb interface functions. + + +o Herb Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +o Derrell Lipman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> + * BUG 2564: Ensure correct errno when smbc_opendir() was called + with a file rather than a directory. + +o Jason Mader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +o Jim McDonough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +o Marcel Muller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +o James Peach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> + * IRIX compiler warning fixes. + + +o Marcin Porwit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> + +o Tim Potter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> + * BUG 2623, 2630: $< and $* are not valid in explicit rules + according to POSIX. + * BUG 2560: Fix compile error lurking where PATH_MAX is not + defined. + * BUG 2625: Remove configure check for FTRUNCATE_NEEDS_ROOT. + * BUG 2611: Add fflush(stdout) after displaying username prompt + in smbsh if username not specified on command line. + + +o Simo Sorce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +o Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +o Jelmer Vernooij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> + + + +Release Notes for older release follow: + + -------------------------------------------------- + ================================== + Release Notes for Samba 3.0.15pre2 + Apr 18, 2005 + ================================== + +Additional features introduced in Samba 3.0.15pre2 include: + o Support for several new Win32 rpc pipes. o Improved support for OS/2 clients. o New 'net rpc service' tool for managing Win32 services. @@ -202,9 +299,6 @@ * Remove --with-manpage-languages configure option. - -Release Notes for older release follow: - -------------------------------------------------- =============================== Release Notes for Samba 3.0.14a
