Greetings,
I've been working on updating Samba for the past 24 hours. It now needs
python-cryptography to complete the test suite, and for most of all major
functions (including simple file sharing). I'm seeking permission to add it
and its dependencies to the book. I might just have to keep track of
updating Python Modules in addition to my GNOME duties.
Basically, it needs it in order to encrypt data for SMB{3,4}, used in all
modern version of Windows and several other NAS devices. To put it into
perspective, please look at this Arch Package page - there are a lot of
dependencies. But it has to be installed for some stuff in GNOME, and we've
historically had it in since at least 2012. Samba also needs this package
for communicating with any other SMB-based device on a network.
I can see where these python modules can possibly be used elsewhere as
well. I must use this set of modules for my Data Security class next
semseter, but that alone isn't a reason to add a ton of modules to the book.
Here is a link to an Arch package page with the list of dependencies.
https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/python-cryptography/
Opinions?
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