Alex, I could not agree more with you. BTW, perhaps you already know, but just in case: If you want to see the patches applied to a package during its history, and you don't need to dig into the sources themselves, you can query the changelog for an rpm package without having to download sources:
rpm -q --changelog package for example for my samba-3.0.10-1.4E.2 rpm -q --changelog samba * Wed May 11 2005 Jay Fenlason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 3.0.10-1.4E.2 - include the -bug157208 patch. to close bz#157208 CRM 511318 - smbfs dont respect uid and gid options when mounting * Fri Apr 29 2005 Jay Fenlason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - include the -smbspool pattch from RHEL-3, to close bz#155350 SAMBA client working, printer configuration not working - include the -winbindd_2k3sp1 patch to allow Samba to authenticate against a Windows 2003 SP1 machine. This closes bz#154558 Winbind refuses to authenticate against Windows 2003 SP1 * Wed Mar 30 2005 Jay Fenlason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 3.0.10-1.4E.1 - try the -gcc4 patch, to see if it solves problems with nmbd crashing. bz#150582 ? nmbd dies when windows client requests browse list * Tue Jan 04 2005 Jay Fenlason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 3.0.10-1.4E - Upgrade to 3.0.10, to close bz#143983 This obsoletes the -CAN-2004-1154 patch. - Include the -64bit patch from Nalin. This closes bz#142873 -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
