Changeset 988 for vendor/current/README

Timestamp:

Nov 24, 2016, 1:14:11 PM (9 years ago)

Author:

Silvan Scherrer

Message:

Samba Server: update vendor to version 4.4.3

File:

• vendor/current/README (modified) (9 diffs)

vendor/current/README

@@ -1 +1 @@
 This is the release version of Samba, the free SMB and CIFS client and
-server for UNIX and other operating systems. Samba is maintained by
-the Samba Team, who support the original author, Andrew Tridgell.
+server and Domain Controller for UNIX and other operating
+systems. Samba is maintained by the Samba Team, who support the
+original author, Andrew Tridgell.
 
 >>>> Please read THE WHOLE of this file as it gives important information
 >>>> about the configuration and use of Samba.
 
-NOTE: Installation instructions may be found in 
+NOTE: Installation instructions may be found
+      for the file/print server and domain member in:
       docs/htmldocs/Samba3-HOWTO/install.html
+
+      For the AD DC implementation a full HOWTO is provided at:
+      http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba4/HOWTO
 
 This software is freely distributable under the GNU public license, a
@@ -62 +67 @@
   services to SMB clients such as Windows 95, Warp Server, smbfs and others.
 
-- a Windows NT 4.0 Domain Controller replacement.
+- a Windows Domain Controller (NT4 and AD) replacement.
 
 - a file/print server that can act as a member of a Windows NT 4.0
@@ -83 +88 @@
 Related packages include:
 
-- smbfs, a Linux-only filesystem allowing you to mount remote SMB
+- cifsvfs, an advanced Linux-only filesystem allowing you to mount 
+  remote SMB filesystems from PCs on your Linux box. This is included 
+  as standard with Linux 2.5 and later.
+
+- smbfs, the previous Linux-only filesystem allowing you to mount remote SMB
   filesystems from PCs on your Linux box. This is included as standard with
   Linux 2.0 and later.
 
-- cifsvfs, a more advanced Linux-only filesystem allowing you to mount 
-  remote SMB filesystems from PCs on your Linux box. This is included 
-  as standard with Linux 2.5 and later.
-
 
 
@@ -96 +101 @@
 =============
 
-If you want to contribute to the development of the software then
+1. To contribute via GitHub
+  - fork the official Samba team repository on GitHub
+      * see https://github.com/samba-team/samba
+  - become familiar with the coding standards as described in README.Coding
+  - make sure you read the Samba copyright policy
+      * see https://www.samba.org/samba/devel/copyright-policy.html
+  - create a feature branch
+  - make changes
+  - when committing, be sure to add signed-off-by tags
+      * see https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/CodeReview#commit_message_tags
+  - send a pull request for your branch through GitHub
+  - this will trigger an email to the samba-technical mailing list
+  - discussion happens on the samba-technical mailing list as described below
+  - more info on using Git for Samba development can be found on the Samba Wiki
+      * see https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Using_Git_for_Samba_Development
+
+2. If you want to contribute to the development of the software then
 please join the mailing list. The Samba team accepts patches
 (preferably in "diff -u" format, see http://samba.org/samba/devel/ 
@@ -106 +127 @@
 http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Using_Git_for_Samba_Development.
 
-You could also send hardware/software/money/jewelry or pre-paid pizza
-vouchers directly to Andrew. The pizza vouchers would be especially
-welcome, in fact there is a special field in the survey for people who
-have paid up their pizza :-)
-
 If you like a particular feature then look through the git change-log
 (on the web at http://gitweb.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=summary) and see
@@ -117 +133 @@
 Remember that free software of this kind lives or dies by the response
 we get. If no one tells us they like it then we'll probably move onto
-something else. However, as you can see from the user survey quite a lot of 
-people do seem to like it at the moment :-)
-
+something else.
 
 MORE INFO
@@ -135 +149 @@
 available on the web page.
 
-If you would like to help with the documentation, please coodinate 
+If you would like to help with the documentation, please coordinate
 on the samba@samba.org mailing list.  See the next section for details 
 on subscribing to samba mailing lists.
@@ -202 +216 @@
 
 
-NEWS GROUP
-----------
-
-You might also like to look at the usenet news group comp.protocols.smb 
-as it often contains lots of useful info and is frequented by lots of 
-Samba users. The newsgroup was initially setup by people on the Samba 
-mailing list. It is not, however, exclusive to Samba, it is a forum for 
-discussing the SMB protocol (which Samba implements). The samba list 
-is gatewayed to this newsgroup.
-
-
 WEB SITE
 --------
@@ -218 +221 @@
 A Samba WWW site has been setup with lots of useful info. Connect to:
 
-http://samba.org/samba/
+http://samba.org/
 
 As well as general information and documentation, this also has searchable 
 archives of the mailing list and a user survey that shows who else is using
-this package. Have you registered with the survey yet? :-)
-
+this package.
+