-Copyright (C) 1997-2008 Samba-Team
+Copyright (C) 1997-2014 Samba-Team
The Samba-Team are committed to an aggressive program to deliver quality
controlled software to a well defined roadmap.
-Please also look at the Samba3 and Samba4 pages of wiki.samba.org for more
+Please also look at the Release planning pages of wiki.samba.org for more
information.
The following development objectives for future releases
are in progress:
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-Samba-3.0.x This release turned into maintenance mode since we
- released 3.2.
+Samba-3.6.x This release turned into security maintenance mode since we
+ released 4.1.
-Samba-3.6.x This is the current stable Samba 3 release intended
- for all Samba production server.
+Samba-4.0.x Our previous release including the AD domain controller
+ feature, the file server and other functionality
+ from Samba 3.6 as well as the new SMB3 protocol.
-Samba-4 Danger Will Robinson, a big code clean up with major
- system redesign. More will be announced as this work
- starts to take shape.
+Samba-4.1.x Our current release.
Note that it is a given that the Samba-Team will continue to track
-Windows (NT/200x) update releases, ensuring that Samba will work
-well with whatever "Beta" releases Redmond throws our way :-).
-
-You may also note that the release numbers get fuzzier the
-further into the future the objectives get. This is intentional
-as we cannot commit to exact timeframes.
+Windows releases, ensuring that Samba will work
+well with whatever releases Redmond throws our way :-).