s3: Make run_rpc_command take strings instead of a ndr_interface_table

[sfrench/samba-autobuild/.git] / WHATSNEW4.txt

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--- a/WHATSNEW4.txt
+++ b/WHATSNEW4.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-What's new in Samba 4 alpha7
+What's new in Samba 4 alpha8

 ============================
 
 Samba 4 is the ambitious next version of the Samba suite that is being
 ============================
 
 Samba 4 is the ambitious next version of the Samba suite that is being


@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ developed in parallel to the stable 3.0 series. The main emphasis in
 this branch is support for the Active Directory logon protocols used
 by Windows 2000 and above.
 
 this branch is support for the Active Directory logon protocols used
 by Windows 2000 and above.
 

-Samba4 alpha7 follows on from the alpha release series we have been
+Samba4 alpha8 follows on from the alpha release series we have been

 publishing since September 2007
 
 WARNINGS
 ========
 
 publishing since September 2007
 
 WARNINGS
 ========
 

-Samba4 alpha7 is not a final Samba release.  That is more a reference
+Samba4 alpha8 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
 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


@@ -62,32 +62,21 @@ working on modules to map between AD-like behaviours and this backend.
 We are aiming for Samba 4 to be powerful frontend to large
 directories.
 
 We are aiming for Samba 4 to be powerful frontend to large
 directories.
 

-CHANGES SINCE alpha6
+CHANGES SINCE alpha7

 =====================
 
 =====================
 

-In the time since Samba4 alpha6 was released in Janurary 2009, Samba has
+In the time since Samba4 alpha7 was released in Feburary 2009, Samba has

 continued to evolve, but you may particularly notice these areas 
 (in no particular order):
 
 continued to evolve, but you may particularly notice these areas 
 (in no particular order):
 

- OpenLDAP Multi Master Replication can now also replicate the OpenLDAP
- configuration itself.
+ Samba4 now includes the full AD schema, as used in Microsoft Windows 2008

 
 

- Support for Windows 7 beta as a member of the Samba4 domain
+ LDB (the core Samba4 database library) now handles large number of
+ users and groups much more efficiently

 
 

- Issues with the nesting of LDB transactions have been fixed
-
- A number of internal libraries (tevent, auth in particular has been
- updated for easier use outside Samba4
-
- spoolss IDL updates to bring Samba3 to use PIDL code, and to merge
- the corrected IDL back into Samba4
- 
- Fixes to allow use of C++ compilers and to increase portability
-
- Fixed TLS (SSL) support with modern versions of GnuTLS
- 
-These are just some of the highlights of the work done in the past 
-month.  More details can be found in our GIT history.
+These are just some of the user-visible highlights of the work done in
+the past few months.  More details of the work done 'under the hood'
+can be found in our GIT history.

 
 
 CHANGES
 
 
 CHANGES


@@ -113,11 +102,6 @@ KNOWN ISSUES
   and server.  (The NTP work in the previous alphas are partly to assist
   with this problem).
 
   and server.  (The NTP work in the previous alphas are partly to assist
   with this problem).
 

-- Samba4 alpha7 is currently only portable to recent Linux
-  distributions.  Work to return support for other Unix varients is
-  expected during the next alpha cycles
-
-

 RUNNING Samba4
 ==============
 
 RUNNING Samba4
 ==============