Author: abartlet Date: 2007-12-21 22:55:02 +0000 (Fri, 21 Dec 2007) New Revision: 26557
WebSVN: http://websvn.samba.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi?view=rev&root=samba&rev=26557 Log: sync WHATSNEW with release branch of Samba4 Modified: branches/SAMBA_4_0/WHATSNEW.txt Changeset: Modified: branches/SAMBA_4_0/WHATSNEW.txt =================================================================== --- branches/SAMBA_4_0/WHATSNEW.txt 2007-12-21 02:33:43 UTC (rev 26556) +++ branches/SAMBA_4_0/WHATSNEW.txt 2007-12-21 22:55:02 UTC (rev 26557) @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -What's new in Samba 4 alpha1 +What's new in Samba 4 alpha2 ============================ Samba 4 is the ambitious next version of the Samba suite that is being @@ -10,17 +10,14 @@ production environments. Note the WARNINGS below, and the STATUS file, which aims to document what should and should not work. -Samba4 alpha1 is the culmination of 4.5 years of development under our -belt since Tridge first proposed a new Virtual File System (VFS) layer -for Samba3 (a project which eventually lead to our Active Directory -efforts), and 1.5 years since we first released a Technology Preview, -we wish to allow users, managers and developers to see how we have -progressed, and to invite feedback and support. +Samba4 alpha2 follows on from our first alpha release, made in +September, and the Technology Preview series we have offered for some +time now. WARNINGS ======== -Samba4 alpha1 is not a final Samba release. That is more a reference +Samba4 alpha2 is not a final Samba release. That is more a reference to Samba4's lack of the features we expect you will need than a statement of code quality, but clearly it hasn't seen a broad deployment yet. If you were to upgrade Samba3 (or indeed Windows) to @@ -58,7 +55,7 @@ VFS is backed with an extensive automated test suite. A new scripting interface has been added to Samba 4, allowing -JavaScript programs to interface to Samba's internals. +Python programs to interface to Samba's internals. The Samba 4 architecture is based around an LDAP-like database that can use a range of modular backends. One of the backends supports @@ -67,27 +64,27 @@ We are aiming for Samba 4 to be powerful frontend to large directories. -CHANGES SINCE TP5 -================= +CHANGES SINCE Alpha 1 +===================== -In the time since TP5 was released in June 2007, Samba has +In the time since Samba4 Alpha1 was released in September 2007, Samba has continued to evolve, but you may particularly notice these areas: - Group Policy Support: Basic group policies may be defined, and are - enforced by Windows clients - MMC Support: The Active Directory Users and Computers console now - works, supporting most operations. + handles group membership correctly. - Winbind: Kai Blin has been working hard on his Google Summer of - Code project, creating a winbind implementation for Samba4. + member/memberOf: These and other linked attributes are now kept in + sync - Heimdal update: A Heimdal 1.0 snapshot is now included as the - internal Kerberos library in Samba4. + subtree renames: Renaming a subtree of LDAP objects is now possible, + with all linked attributes being kept consistant. - In the past few weeks, many small but significant bugs have been - fixed, particularly thanks to Matthias Dieter Wallnöfer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> + Python Bindings: Bindings for a future move to Python as the + internal scripting language have been created. + Shared library use: In support of projects such as OpenChange, + which depend on Samba4, more of Samba4 is built as shared libraries. + These are just some of the highlights of the work done in the past few months. More details can be found in our SVN history. @@ -106,12 +103,6 @@ - There is no printing support in the current release. -- Support for managing groups is currently poor (as the - memberOf/member linked attributes are not kept in sync). - -- Renaming and deleting subtrees (containers) in the the LDB tree will - have unexpected results. - - The Samba4 port of the CTDB clustering support is not yet complete - Clock Synchronisation is critical. Many 'wrong password' errors are
