Author: abartlet Date: 2007-12-17 06:03:53 +0000 (Mon, 17 Dec 2007) New Revision: 26490
WebSVN: http://websvn.samba.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi?view=rev&root=samba&rev=26490 Log: Update WHATSNEW. Unless some fancy new words arive soon, this is what we will put out... Andrew Bartlett Modified: branches/SAMBA_4_0_RELEASE/WHATSNEW.txt Changeset: Modified: branches/SAMBA_4_0_RELEASE/WHATSNEW.txt =================================================================== --- branches/SAMBA_4_0_RELEASE/WHATSNEW.txt 2007-12-17 06:02:54 UTC (rev 26489) +++ branches/SAMBA_4_0_RELEASE/WHATSNEW.txt 2007-12-17 06:03:53 UTC (rev 26490) @@ -10,12 +10,9 @@ production environments. Note the WARNINGS below, and the STATUS file, which aims to document what should and should not work. -Samba4 alpha2 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 ======== @@ -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