Author: jerry Date: 2005-06-22 02:32:17 +0000 (Wed, 22 Jun 2005) New Revision: 712
WebSVN: http://websvn.samba.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi?view=rev&root=samba-web&rev=712 Log: announcing 3.0.20pre1 Modified: trunk/index.html Changeset: Modified: trunk/index.html =================================================================== --- trunk/index.html 2005-06-21 21:46:14 UTC (rev 711) +++ trunk/index.html 2005-06-22 02:32:17 UTC (rev 712) @@ -19,32 +19,44 @@ <h2>Current Release</h2> - <h4><a name="latest">18 April 2005</a></h4> - <p class="headline">Samba 3.0.15pre2 Available for Download</p> + <h4><a name="latest">21 June 2005</a></h4> + <p class="headline">Samba 3.0.20pre1 Available for Download</p> - <p>Samba 3.0.15pre2 is a preview release of the Samba 3.0.15 code base and + <p>Samba 3.0.20pre1 is a preview release of the Samba 3.0.20 code base and is provided for testing only. This release is <em>not</em> 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. Please read about the important <a - href="/samba/ftp/pre/WHATSNEW-3-0-15pre2.txt">changes in this - snapshot</a>.</p> + for production servers. There has been a substantial 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. It is strongly + recommended that you read the + <a href="/samba/ftp/pre/WHATSNEW-3-0-20pre1.txt">changes in this + preview release</a> to learn about smb.conf changes, new features, + etc...</p> - <p>The <a href="/samba/ftp/pre/samba-3.0.15pre2.tar.gz">Samba 3.0.15pre2 + <p><em>So what happened to 3.0.15 trough 3.0.19?</em> 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 chosen 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. You can also read the + <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=samba&m=111721010206997&w=2">original + announcement on the samba mailing list</a>.</p> + + <p>The <a href="/samba/ftp/pre/samba-3.0.20pre1.tar.gz">Samba 3.0.20pre1 source code</a> can be downloaded now. The <a - href="/samba/ftp/pre/samba-3.0.15pre2.tar.asc">GnuPG + href="/samba/ftp/pre/samba-3.0.20pre1.tar.asc">GnuPG signature for the <em>un</em>compressed tarball</a> is also available. Precompiled packages for RedHat and Fedora platforms are available in the <a href="/samba/ftp/Binary_Packages/">Binary_Packages download area</a>.</p> - <p>Samba 3.0.15pre2 is also available via BitTorrent - (<a href="http://torrent.samba.org/samba/ftp/pre/samba-3.0.15pre2.tar.gz.torrent">samba-3.0.15pre2.tar.gz.torrent</a>). + <p>Samba 3.0.20pre1 is also available via BitTorrent + (<a href="http://torrent.samba.org/samba/ftp/pre/samba-3.0.20pre1.tar.gz.torrent">samba-3.0.20pre1.tar.gz.torrent</a>). Note that when downloading via BitTorrent, you are encouraged to verify the resulting uncompressed tarball's - <a href="/samba/ftp/pre/samba-3.0.15pre2.tar.asc">GPG signature</a>.</p> + <a href="/samba/ftp/pre/samba-3.0.20pre1.tar.asc">GPG signature</a>.</p> <h4><a name="stable">15 April 2005</a></h4>