WHATSNEW: Bump the version and announce the s3fs default

1 files changed, 28 insertions, 23 deletions

diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt
index cb35f08c7a..b6c9523c75 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW.txt
+++ b/WHATSNEW.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-What's new in Samba 4 beta1
+What's new in Samba 4 beta2
 =============================
 
 Samba 4.0 will be the next version of the Samba suite and incorporates
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ and above.
 WARNINGS
 ========
 
-Samba4 beta1 is not a final Samba release, however we are now making
+Samba4 beta2 is not a final Samba release, however we are now making
 good progress towards a Samba 4.0 release, of which this is a preview.
 Be aware the this release contains the best of all of Samba's
 technology parts, both a file server (that you can reasonably expect
@@ -28,13 +28,26 @@ different stability characteristics compared with our previous default
 file server.  We are making this release so that we can find and fix
 any of these issues that arise in the real world.  New AD DC
 installations can provision or join with --use-ntvfs to obtain the
-previous default file server.  Existing installations will be
-unaffected at this stage.
+previous default file server.  See below how to continue using ntvfs
+in an existing installation.
 
 If you are upgrading, or looking to develop, test or deploy Samba 4.0
 beta releases, you should backup all configuration and data.
 
 
+UPGRADING
+=========
+
+Users upgrading from Samba 3.x domain controllers and wanting to use
+Samba 4.0 as an AD DC should use the 'samba-tool domain
+classicupgrade' command.  See the wiki for more details:
+https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba4/samba3upgrade/HOWTO 
+
+Users upgrading from Samba 4.0 alpha and beta releases since alpha15 
+should run 'samba-tool dbcheck --cross-ncs --fix'.  Users upgrading
+from earlier alpha releases should contact the team for advice. 
+
+
 NEW FEATURES
 ============
 
@@ -81,41 +94,33 @@ Python programs to interface to Samba's internals, and many tools and
 internal workings of the DC code is now implemented in python.
 
 
-CHANGES SINCE alpha21
+CHANGES SINCE beta1
 =====================
 
-For a list of changes since alpha21, please see the git log.
+For a list of changes since beta1, please see the git log.
 
 $ git clone git://git.samba.org/samba.git
 $ cd samba.git
-$ git log samba-4.0.0alpha21..samba-4.0.0beta1
+$ git log samba-4.0.0beta1..samba-4.0.0beta2
 
 Some major user-visible changes include:
 
-The internal DNS server has had some stability improvements, and
-now handles forwarded DNS replies in an async manner.
-
-The build of libtdb.so and libtalloc.so has been removed from the
-autoconf build.  Use the build in lib/talloc and lib/tdb to build
-this software for use across the system.
-
-The smbclient and nmblookup binaries have been renamed in the top
-level build, so smbclient/nmblookup are now the implementations from
-the Samba 3.x heritage.
+The default file server for EXISTING USERS has changed to s3fs.  To
+continue to use ntvfs, you must set in your smb.conf:
 
-Improved handling of the cleanup of smbd child processes (removing a
-number of scary warnings from our log output).
+    server services = +smb -s3fs
+    dcerpc endpoint services = +winreg +srvsvc
 
-Much improved support for FreeBSD, including extended attribute
-support on the filesystem for the AD DC.
+samba-tool dbcheck will now upgrade older databases that are missing
+GUIDs in the schema partition.  
 
 
 KNOWN ISSUES
 ============
 
-- We are making this beta release to gain real-world use of the 's3fs'
+- This release makes the s3fs file server the default, as this is the
   file server combination we will use for the Samba 4.0 release.
-  Users should expect some rough edges: in particular, there are
+  Users should still expect some rough edges: in particular, there are
   warnings about invalid parameters from the two respective parameter
   parsing engines.