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Samba is typically +very stable and safe, and this is mostly due to the policy of many +public releases. +</para> + +<para> +How the scheme works: +<simplelist> +<member>When major changes are made the version number is increased. For +example, the transition from 1.9.15 to 1.9.16. However, this version +number will not appear immediately and people should continue to use +1.9.15 for production systems (see next point.)</member> + +<member>Just after major changes are made the software is considered +unstable, and a series of alpha releases are distributed, for example +1.9.16alpha1. These are for testing by those who know what they are +doing. The "alpha" in the filename will hopefully scare off those who +are just looking for the latest version to install.</member> + +<member>When Andrew thinks that the alphas have stabilised to the point +where he would recommend new users install it, he renames it to the +same version number without the alpha, for example 1.9.16.</member> + +<member>Inevitably bugs are found in the "stable" releases and minor patch +levels are released which give us the pXX series, for example 1.9.16p2.</member> +</simplelist> + +<para> +So the progression goes: + +<programlisting> +1.9.15p7 (production) +1.9.15p8 (production) +1.9.16alpha1 (test sites only) +: +1.9.16alpha20 (test sites only) +1.9.16 (production) +1.9.16p1 (production) +</programlisting> +</para> + +<para> +The above system means that whenever someone looks at the samba ftp +site they will be able to grab the highest numbered release without an +alpha in the name and be sure of getting the current recommended +version. +</para> + +</sect1> + +<sect1> +<title>What platforms are supported?</title> +<para> +Many different platforms have run Samba successfully. The platforms +most widely used and thus best tested are Linux and SunOS.</para> + +<para> +At time of writing, there is support (or has been support for in earlier +versions): +</para> + +<simplelist> +<member>A/UX 3.0</member> +<member>AIX</member> +<member>Altos Series 386/1000</member> +<member>Amiga</member> +<member>Apollo Domain/OS sr10.3</member> +<member>BSDI </member> +<member>B.O.S. (Bull Operating System)</member> +<member>Cray, Unicos 8.0</member> +<member>Convex</member> +<member>DGUX. </member> +<member>DNIX.</member> +<member>FreeBSD</member> +<member>HP-UX</member> +<member>Intergraph. </member> +<member>Linux with/without shadow passwords and quota</member> +<member>LYNX 2.3.0</member> +<member>MachTen (a unix like system for Macintoshes)</member> +<member>Motorola 88xxx/9xx range of machines</member> +<member>NetBSD</member> +<member>NEXTSTEP Release 2.X, 3.0 and greater (including OPENSTEP for Mach).</member> +<member>OS/2 using EMX 0.9b</member> +<member>OSF1</member> +<member>QNX 4.22</member> +<member>RiscIX. </member> +<member>RISCOs 5.0B</member> +<member>SEQUENT. </member> +<member>SCO (including: 3.2v2, European dist., OpenServer 5)</member> +<member>SGI.</member> +<member>SMP_DC.OSx v1.1-94c079 on Pyramid S series</member> +<member>SONY NEWS, NEWS-OS (4.2.x and 6.1.x)</member> +<member>SUNOS 4</member> +<member>SUNOS 5.2, 5.3, and 5.4 (Solaris 2.2, 2.3, and '2.4 and later')</member> +<member>Sunsoft ISC SVR3V4</member> +<member>SVR4</member> +<member>System V with some berkely extensions (Motorola 88k R32V3.2).</member> +<member>ULTRIX.</member> +<member>UNIXWARE</member> +<member>UXP/DS</member> +</simplelist> + +</sect1> + +<sect1> +<title>How do I subscribe to the Samba Mailing Lists?</title> +<para> +Look at <ulink url="http://samba.org/samba/archives.html">the samba mailing list page</ulink> +</para> +</sect1> + +<sect1> +<title>Pizza supply details</title> +<para> +Those who have registered in the Samba survey as "Pizza Factory" will +already know this, but the rest may need some help. Andrew doesn't ask +for payment, but he does appreciate it when people give him +pizza. This calls for a little organisation when the pizza donor is +twenty thousand kilometres away, but it has been done. +<?para> + +<para> +Method 1: Ring up your local branch of an international pizza chain +and see if they honour their vouchers internationally. Pizza Hut do, +which is how the entire Canberra Linux Users Group got to eat pizza +one night, courtesy of someone in the US. +</para> + +<para> +Method 2: Ring up a local pizza shop in Canberra and quote a credit +card number for a certain amount, and tell them that Andrew will be +collecting it (don't forget to tell him.) One kind soul from Germany +did this. +</para> + +<para> +Method 3: Purchase a pizza voucher from your local pizza shop that has +no international affiliations and send it to Andrew. It is completely +useless but he can hang it on the wall next to the one he already has +from Germany :-) +</para> + +<para> +Method 4: Air freight him a pizza with your favourite regional +flavours. It will probably get stuck in customs or torn apart by +hungry sniffer dogs but it will have been a noble gesture. +</para> + +</sect1> + +</chapter> |