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authorAndrew Bartlett <abartlet@samba.org>2007-12-17 06:03:53 +0100
committerStefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>2007-12-21 06:00:01 +0100
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r26490: Update WHATSNEW. Unless some fancy new words arive soon, this is what
we will put out... Andrew Bartlett (This used to be commit 7e767b80d11a5c51ba027c5b7f08a559049d4836)
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@@ -10,12 +10,9 @@ Samba 4 is currently not yet in a state where it is usable in
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 @@ annotation information (in streams) and NT ACLs in particular. The
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