<html dir="ltr"><head></head><body style="text-align:left; direction:ltr;"><div>Thanks Michael for everything you do to maintain the Samba packages in Debian. </div><div><br></div><div>The<font face="monospace" size="3"> SAMBA_VERSION_VENDOR_SUFFIX=Debian</font> in the Samba package is a specific request from the upstream Samba team.</div><div><br></div><div>It is added because Debian carries patches that don't appear upstream (it has got better, but there are still some) and the branding appears in our debug logs (specifically in every PANIC) so we can ensure we are debugging the right version and expecting the right behaviours when a user has questions on the mailing list. </div><div><br></div><div>Can you let me know why this needed to be removed and if possible please put it back?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Andrew Bartlett</div><div><span><pre>-- <br></pre><div style="width: 71ch;">Andrew Bartlett (he/him) <a href="https://samba.org/~abartlet/">https://samba.org/~abartlet/</a></div><div style="width: 71ch;" data-evo-signature-plain-text-mode="">Samba Team Member (since 2001) <a href="https://samba.org">https://samba.org</a></div><div style="width: 71ch;" data-evo-signature-plain-text-mode="">Samba Team Lead <a href="https://catalyst.net.nz/services/samba">https://catalyst.net.nz/services/samba</a></div><div style="width: 71ch;" data-evo-signature-plain-text-mode=""><span style="font-size: 17.333334px;">Catalyst.Net Ltd</span></div><div style="width: 71ch;" data-evo-signature-plain-text-mode=""><span style="font-size: 17.333334px;"><br></span></div><div style="width: 71ch;" data-evo-signature-plain-text-mode="">Proudly developing Samba for Catalyst.Net Ltd - a Catalyst IT group company</div><div style="width: 71ch;" data-evo-signature-plain-text-mode=""><br></div><div style="width: 71ch;" data-evo-signature-plain-text-mode="">Samba Development and Support: <a href="https://catalyst.net.nz/services/samba">https://catalyst.net.nz/services/samba</a></div><div style="width: 71ch;" data-evo-signature-plain-text-mode=""><br></div><div style="width: 71ch;" data-evo-signature-plain-text-mode="">Catalyst IT - Expert Open Source Solutions</div><div style="width: 71ch;" data-evo-signature-plain-text-mode=""><br></div><div style="width: 71ch;" data-evo-signature-plain-text-mode=""><br></div></span></div></body></html>