[Pkg-samba-maint] Samba LTS for Debian Bookworm

[Santiago Ruano Rincón]

Sorry, I forgot to add the Samba package maintainers to the loop, which
was important since Michael takes care of preparing the updates.
Correcting that now.

El 09/02/24 a las 11:12, Santiago Ruano Rincón escribió:
> Dear security team,
> 
> We would like to let you know about the Samba (4.17) LTS project. Freexian is
> sponsoring the work of Catalyst (https://www.catalyst.net.nz) to provide
> security support for the Samba version in Debian Bookworm, for up to 5
> years after the initial release. This includes supporting Samba as AD DC, and we
> hope this project will help to keep Samba in Bookworm in a better shape than the
> current situation in Bullseye and older.
> 
> According to the upstream release cycle, 4.17 would reach EOL upstream this
> March, 18 months after 4.17.0 was released. After that, Catalyst will keep an
> LTS specific git tree (*). There will be probably LTS release versions, which I
> guess it would make keeping the support in Bookworm consistent with the current
> method, (AFAUI, packaging Samba minor releases). I guess this is important for
> your work, so I will let you know once this has been set up. Catalyst will also
> use the regular Samba bugzilla to keep track of the security bugs in Samba LTS,
> including while they are embargoed.
> 
> It is also important to note that the Samba LTS is an experiment, in the same
> way than Debian LTS was born. We will do our best to make it a success and
> continue supporting future Samba versions in Debian.
> 
> (*) Of course, Catalyst will be the main actor there, but the whole community is
> invited to contribute.
> 
> Don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions or comments :-)
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> -- 
> Santiago Ruano Rincón ◈ Freexian SARL
> https://www.freexian.com

I don't think there will be too many differences with the security support
workflow today, except for where to look for the code.

Cheers,

-- 
Santiago Ruano Rincón ◈ Freexian SARL
https://www.freexian.com
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 228 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/pkg-samba-maint/attachments/20240209/60753012/attachment.sig>