X-Git-Url: http://git.samba.org/samba.git/?p=ira%2Fwip.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=Roadmap;h=1132f6391c7bccac2f6583133bf0100ce2411627;hp=83b0bcc0e6beeba6b950e33fe8ea116ca14d19e4;hb=6dd6ccbdc9451678180e0346780b0a5bf9cda229;hpb=ef3197889f53794a54274df5c2a6ff057d8afe51 diff --git a/Roadmap b/Roadmap index 83b0bcc0e6b..1132f6391c7 100644 --- a/Roadmap +++ b/Roadmap @@ -1,45 +1,29 @@ -Copyright (C) 1997-1999 - Samba-Team +Copyright (C) 1997-2008 Samba-Team The Samba-Team are committed to an aggressive program to deliver quality controlled software to a well defined roadmap. -The current Samba release 2.0.4 is called the "NT Security update". - -It correctly implements the Windows NT specific SMB calls, -and will operate correctly as a client in a Windows NT -Domain environment. - -In addition, the first implementation of the Web-based GUI -management tool ships with 2.0.0, thus fullfilling some of -the commitments made in the 1.9.18 release Roadmap document. - -Some work has been done on ensuring compatibility with -Windows NT 5.0 (now Windows 2000 :-) although this is -a somewhat (slowly) moving target. +Please also look at the Samba3 and Samba4 pages of wiki.samba.org for more +information. The following development objectives for future releases -are in place: - +are in progress: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -2.0.x - "NT Security update" - Allowing Windows NT Clients to - manipulate file security and ownership using native tools. - -Note that the "NT Security update" part of the Roadmap has been -achieved with the Samba 2.0.4 release. +Samba-3.0.x This release turned into maintenance mode since we + released 3.2. -2.0.xx - "Thin Server" mode, allowing a Samba server to be - inserted into a network with no UNIX setup required. - Some management capabilities for Samba using native NT tools. - Provision of command-line equivalents to native NT tools. +Samba-3.2.x This is the current stable Samba 3 release intended + for all Samba production server. -2.X - "Domain Controller" - able to serve as a Windows NT PDC. +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. -X.XX - "Full Domain Integration" - allowing both PDC and BDC modes. -Note that it is a given that the Samba Team will continue to track -Windows (NT/2000) update releases, ensuring that Samba will work +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 yet commit to exact timeframes. +as we cannot commit to exact timeframes.