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 WARNINGS
 ========
 
-Samba4 alpha1 is not a final Samba release.  We recommend against
-upgrading any production servers from Samba 3 to Samba 4 at this
-stage.  If you are upgrading an experimental server, you should backup
-all configuration and data.
+Samba4 alpha1 is not a final Samba release.  That is more a reference
+to Samba4's lack of the features we expect you will need than a
+statement of code quality, but clearly it hasn't seen a broad
+deployment yet.  If you were to upgrade Samba3 (or indeed Windows) to
+Samba4, you would find many things work, but that other key features
+you may have relied on simply are not there yet.
+
+For example, while Samba 3.0 is an excellent member of a Active
+Directory domain, Samba4 is happier as a domain controller: (This is
+where we have done most of the research and development).
+
+While Samba4 is subjected to an awesome battery of tests on an
+automated basis, and we have found Samba4 to be very stable in it's
+behaviour, we have to recommend against upgrading production servers
+from Samba 3 to Samba 4 at this stage.  If you are upgrading an
+experimental server, or looking to develop and test Samba, you should
+backup all configuration and data.
 
 NEW FEATURES
 ============
@@ -38,11 +51,6 @@ Samba3-like logon services provided over CIFS.  We correctly generate
 the infamous Kerberos PAC, and include it with the Kerberos tickets we
 issue.
 
-SWAT is now integrated into Samba 4 as the user-friendly interface to
-Samba server management. SWAT provides easy provides access to our
-setup and migration tools.  Using SWAT, you can migrate windows
-domains in Samba 4, allowing easy setup of initial user databases.
-
 The new VFS features in Samba 4 adapts the filesystem on the server to
 match the Windows client semantics, allowing Samba 4 to better match
 windows behaviour and application expectations.  This includes file
@@ -93,7 +101,7 @@ since that release series in the NEWS file.
 KNOWN ISSUES
 ============
 
-- Domain member support is in it's infancy, and is not comprable to
+- Domain member support is in it's infancy, and is not comparable to
   the support found in Samba3.
 
 - There is no printing support in the current release.
@@ -106,6 +114,10 @@ KNOWN ISSUES
 
 - The Samba4 port of the CTDB clustering support is not yet complete
 
+- Clock Synchronisation is critical.  Many 'wrong password' errors are
+  actually due to Kerberos objecting to a clock skew between client
+  and server.  
+
 RUNNING Samba4
 ==============
 
@@ -114,9 +126,11 @@ in root of the tarball.
 
 DEVELOPMENT and FEEDBACK
 ========================
-Bugs can be filed at https://bugzilla.samba.org/. Please
-look at the STATUS file before filing a bug to see if a particular
-is supposed to work yet.
+Bugs can be filed at https://bugzilla.samba.org/ but please be aware
+that many features are simply not expected to work at this stage.  
+
+The Samba Wiki at http://wiki.samba.org should detail some of these
+development plans.
 
 Development and general discussion about Samba 4 happens mainly on
 the #samba-technical IRC channel (on irc.freenode.net) and