[Pkg-samba-maint] r3068 - trunk/samba4/debian

jelmer at alioth.debian.org jelmer at alioth.debian.org
Tue Sep 29 23:47:27 UTC 2009


Author: jelmer
Date: 2009-09-29 23:47:27 +0000 (Tue, 29 Sep 2009)
New Revision: 3068

Modified:
   trunk/samba4/debian/control
Log:
Improve descriptions a bit - remove no longer correct notes about upgrades and experimentalness. Mention CIFS rather than LanManager.


Modified: trunk/samba4/debian/control
===================================================================
--- trunk/samba4/debian/control	2009-09-29 23:27:27 UTC (rev 3067)
+++ trunk/samba4/debian/control	2009-09-29 23:47:27 UTC (rev 3068)
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 Conflicts: samba-tools, samba (<< 2:3.3.0~rc2-5)
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, samba4-common-bin (=${binary:Version}), python, python-samba, ${python:Depends}
 XB-Python-Version: ${python:Versions}
-Description: LanManager-like file server for Unix (version 4)
+Description: SMB/CIFS file, print and logon server (version 4)
  The Samba software suite is a collection of programs that
  implements the SMB protocol for unix systems, allowing you to serve
  files to Windows, NT, OS/2 and DOS clients, as well as
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@
  .
  These packages contain snapshot versions of Samba 4, the next-generation
  version of Samba. These should be considered _experimental_, and should
- not be used in production. In particular, no guarantees are made with
- regard to upgrades between versions.
+ not be used in production. 
  .
  This package contains smbd, the Samba file, print and domain server.
 
@@ -38,14 +37,13 @@
 XB-Python-Version: ${python:Versions}
 Description: Samba 4 common files used by both the server and the client
  The Samba software suite is a collection of programs that
- implements the SMB protocol for unix systems, allowing you to serve
+ implements the SMB/CIFS protocol for unix systems, allowing you to serve
  files to Windows, NT, OS/2 and DOS clients. This protocol
  is sometimes also referred to as the LanManager or NetBIOS protocol.
  .
  These packages contain snapshot versions of Samba 4, the next-generation
  version of Samba. These should be considered _experimental_, and should
- not be used in production. In particular, no guarantees are made with
- regard to upgrades between versions.
+ not be used in production. 
  .
  This package contains the common files that are used by both the server
  (provided in the samba package) and the client (provided in the samba-clients
@@ -81,11 +79,6 @@
  files to Windows, NT, OS/2 and DOS clients, as well as
  run as a domain controller for Active Directory.
  .
- These packages contain snapshot versions of Samba 4, the next-generation
- version of Samba. These should be considered _experimental_, and should
- not be used in production. In particular, no guarantees are made with
- regard to upgrades between versions.
- .
  This package contains programs for testing the reliability and speed 
  of SMB servers, Samba in particular.
  
@@ -101,8 +94,7 @@
  .
  These packages contain snapshot versions of Samba 4, the next-generation
  version of Samba. These should be considered _experimental_, and should
- not be used in production. In particular, no guarantees are made with
- regard to upgrades between versions.
+ not be used in production. 
  .
  This package contains tools for viewing and manipulating the binary
  "registry" found on Windows machines, both locally and remote.
@@ -119,11 +111,6 @@
  files to Windows, NT, OS/2 and DOS clients, as well as
  run as a domain controller for Active Directory.
  .
- These packages contain snapshot versions of Samba 4, the next-generation
- version of Samba. These should be considered _experimental_, and should
- not be used in production. In particular, no guarantees are made with
- regard to upgrades between versions.
- .
  This package contains the IDL (Interface Description Language) compiler pidl,
  which takes in IDL files and can output C code for various uses. It is
  primarily of interest to developers.
@@ -141,8 +128,7 @@
  .
  These packages contain snapshot versions of Samba 4, the next-generation
  version of Samba. These should be considered _experimental_, and should
- not be used in production. In particular, no guarantees are made with
- regard to upgrades between versions.
+ not be used in production. 
  .
  This package contains include files shared by the various Samba-based 
  libraries.
@@ -176,9 +162,7 @@
  run as a domain controller for Active Directory.
  .
  These packages contain snapshot versions of Samba 4, the next-generation
- version of Samba. These should be considered _experimental_, and should
- not be used in production. In particular, no guarantees are made with
- regard to upgrades between versions.
+ version of Samba.
  .
  This library provides a generalized API for several security protocols. 
 
@@ -194,9 +178,7 @@
  run as a domain controller for Active Directory.
  .
  These packages contain snapshot versions of Samba 4, the next-generation
- version of Samba. These should be considered _experimental_, and should
- not be used in production. In particular, no guarantees are made with
- regard to upgrades between versions.
+ version of Samba.
  .
  This library provides a generalized API for several security protocols. 
  .
@@ -212,11 +194,6 @@
  files to Windows, NT, OS/2 and DOS clients, as well as
  run as a domain controller for Active Directory.
  .
- These packages contain snapshot versions of Samba 4, the next-generation
- version of Samba. These should be considered _experimental_, and should
- not be used in production. In particular, no guarantees are made with
- regard to upgrades between versions.
- .
  This package contains the library for encoding and decoding data structures 
  using the Network Data Representation format as used by DCE/RPC.
 
@@ -231,11 +208,6 @@
  files to Windows, NT, OS/2 and DOS clients, as well as
  run as a domain controller for Active Directory.
  .
- These packages contain snapshot versions of Samba 4, the next-generation
- version of Samba. These should be considered _experimental_, and should
- not be used in production. In particular, no guarantees are made with
- regard to upgrades between versions.
- .
  This package contains the library for encoding and decoding data structures 
  using the Network Data Representation format as used by DCE/RPC.
  .
@@ -251,11 +223,6 @@
  files to Windows, NT, OS/2 and DOS clients, as well as
  run as a domain controller for Active Directory.
  .
- These packages contain snapshot versions of Samba 4, the next-generation
- version of Samba. These should be considered _experimental_, and should
- not be used in production. In particular, no guarantees are made with
- regard to upgrades between versions.
- .
  This package contains NDR encoders/decoders for the set of standard 
  DCE/RPC interfaces found on Windows and Samba servers.
 
@@ -270,11 +237,6 @@
  files to Windows, NT, OS/2 and DOS clients, as well as
  run as a domain controller for Active Directory.
  .
- These packages contain snapshot versions of Samba 4, the next-generation
- version of Samba. These should be considered _experimental_, and should
- not be used in production. In particular, no guarantees are made with
- regard to upgrades between versions.
- .
  This package contains NDR encoders/decoders for the set of standard 
  DCE/RPC interfaces found on Windows and Samba servers.
  .
@@ -291,9 +253,7 @@
  run as a domain controller for Active Directory.
  .
  These packages contain snapshot versions of Samba 4, the next-generation
- version of Samba. These should be considered _experimental_, and should
- not be used in production. In particular, no guarantees are made with
- regard to upgrades between versions.
+ version of Samba. 
  .
  Client-side implementation of the DCE/RPC protocol. 
  Support for the following transports is provided:
@@ -314,9 +274,7 @@
  run as a domain controller for Active Directory.
  .
  These packages contain snapshot versions of Samba 4, the next-generation
- version of Samba. These should be considered _experimental_, and should
- not be used in production. In particular, no guarantees are made with
- regard to upgrades between versions.
+ version of Samba. 
  .
  Client-side implementation of the DCE/RPC protocol. 
  Support for the following transports is provided:
@@ -372,13 +330,13 @@
  run as a domain controller for Active Directory.
  .
  These packages contain snapshot versions of Samba 4, the next-generation
- version of Samba. These should be considered _experimental_, and should
- not be used in production. In particular, no guarantees are made with
- regard to upgrades between versions.
+ version of Samba. 
  .
  This package provides the winbindd daemon, which provides a
  service for the Name Service Switch capability that is present
- in most modern C libraries (like the GNU C Library - glibc.)
+ in most modern C libraries (like the GNU C Library - glibc.). Please 
+ note that the functionality of this version of winbind is behind on that 
+ of the winbind package.
  .
  The service provided by winbindd is called `winbind' and
  can be used to resolve user and group information from a
@@ -397,9 +355,7 @@
  run as a domain controller for Active Directory.
  .
  These packages contain snapshot versions of Samba 4, the next-generation
- version of Samba. These should be considered _experimental_, and should
- not be used in production. In particular, no guarantees are made with
- regard to upgrades between versions.
+ version of Samba. 
  .
  Library for accessing the Samba4 host-specific configuration files.
 
@@ -415,9 +371,7 @@
  run as a domain controller for Active Directory.
  .
  These packages contain snapshot versions of Samba 4, the next-generation
- version of Samba. These should be considered _experimental_, and should
- not be used in production. In particular, no guarantees are made with
- regard to upgrades between versions.
+ version of Samba. 
  .
  Library for accessing the Samba4 host-specific configuration files.
  .
@@ -435,9 +389,7 @@
  run as a domain controller for Active Directory.
  .
  These packages contain snapshot versions of Samba 4, the next-generation
- version of Samba. These should be considered _experimental_, and should
- not be used in production. In particular, no guarantees are made with
- regard to upgrades between versions.
+ version of Samba. 
  .
  Library for running Samba 4 unittests.
 
@@ -453,9 +405,7 @@
  run as a domain controller for Active Directory.
  .
  These packages contain snapshot versions of Samba 4, the next-generation
- version of Samba. These should be considered _experimental_, and should
- not be used in production. In particular, no guarantees are made with
- regard to upgrades between versions.
+ version of Samba.
  .
  Library for running unittests.
  .
@@ -474,9 +424,7 @@
  run as a domain controller for Active Directory.
  .
  These packages contain snapshot versions of Samba 4, the next-generation
- version of Samba. These should be considered _experimental_, and should
- not be used in production. In particular, no guarantees are made with
- regard to upgrades between versions.
+ version of Samba.
  .
  This package contains Python bindings for most Samba 4 libraries.
 
@@ -491,11 +439,6 @@
  files to Windows, NT, OS/2 and DOS clients, as well as
  run as a domain controller for Active Directory.
  .
- These packages contain snapshot versions of Samba 4, the next-generation
- version of Samba. These should be considered _experimental_, and should
- not be used in production. In particular, no guarantees are made with
- regard to upgrades between versions.
- .
  libsamba-util is a collection of generic data structures and functions 
  used within Samba.
  .
@@ -512,10 +455,5 @@
  files to Windows, NT, OS/2 and DOS clients, as well as
  run as a domain controller for Active Directory.
  .
- These packages contain snapshot versions of Samba 4, the next-generation
- version of Samba. These should be considered _experimental_, and should
- not be used in production. In particular, no guarantees are made with
- regard to upgrades between versions.
- .
  libsamba-util is a collection of generic data structures and functions 
  used within Samba.




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