Author: deryck Date: 2005-08-20 14:24:37 +0000 (Sat, 20 Aug 2005) New Revision: 773
WebSVN: http://websvn.samba.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi?view=rev&root=samba-web&rev=773 Log: Adding news item on 3.0.20 release. And a few post-release cleanups -- move old announcmement to history and update an extra 'Current Stable Release' link on the devel page. deryck Added: trunk/news/releases/3.0.20.html Modified: trunk/devel/index.html trunk/history/index.html Changeset: Modified: trunk/devel/index.html =================================================================== --- trunk/devel/index.html 2005-08-20 03:37:25 UTC (rev 772) +++ trunk/devel/index.html 2005-08-20 14:24:37 UTC (rev 773) @@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ <p>As of 4 April 2004, the Samba Team converted from CVS to Subversion for maintaining the Samba source code. All current development is done in a Subversion repository. All older code is in the original CVS tree; this would include 2.2.x versions of Samba, which are no longer in active development.</p> -<p>The latest stable release is <em>Samba 3.0.14a</em> (<a -href="/samba/history/samba-3.0.14a.html">release notes</a> and <a +<p>The latest stable release is <em>Samba 3.0.20</em> (<a +href="/samba/history/samba-3.0.20.html">release notes</a> and <a href="/samba/download/">download</a>). </p> <p>The next major release will be <em>Samba 4.0</em>, an ambitious Modified: trunk/history/index.html =================================================================== --- trunk/history/index.html 2005-08-20 03:37:25 UTC (rev 772) +++ trunk/history/index.html 2005-08-20 14:24:37 UTC (rev 773) @@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ <div class="latest"> <ul> - <li>Latest Release — <a href="/samba/index.html#latest">Samba 3.0.20rc2</a></li> - <li>Current Stable Release — <a href="#stable">Samba 3.0.14a</a></li> + <li>Latest Release — <a href="/samba/index.html#latest">Samba 3.0.20</a></li> + <li>Current Stable Release — <a href="/samba/index.html#latest">Samba 3.0.20</a></li> <!-- Second link will point to #stable on this page when current release is a development release --> </ul> </div> @@ -16,6 +16,47 @@ <h2>Previous Release Announcments</h2> +<h4><a>09 Aug 2005</a></h4> +<p class="headline">Samba 3.0.20rc2 Available for Download</p> + +<p>Samba 3.0.20rc2 is the next release candidate of the 3.0.20 code +base and is provided for testing purposes only. While close to +the final stable release, this snapshot is <em>not</em> intended for +production servers. If all goes well, this could become the final +3.0.20 release. We would like to ask the Samba +community for help in testing these changes as we work towards +the next official, production Samba 3.0 release. It is strongly +recommended that you read the +<a href="/samba/ftp/rc/WHATSNEW-3-0-20rc2.txt">changes in this +preview release</a> to learn about smb.conf changes, new features, +etc...</p> + +<p><em>So what happened to 3.0.15 trough 3.0.19?</em> After some +discussion it was deemed that the amount of changes +going into the next Samba 3.0 release needed something to catch +people's attention. Skipping several releases was chosen as +the best solution with the least overhead. There will be no +3.0.15 - 3.0.19 ever released. The next production release +following 3.0.20 should be 3.0.21. You can also read the +<a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=samba&m=111721010206997&w=2">original +announcement on the samba mailing list</a>.</p> + +<p>The <a href="/samba/ftp/rc/samba-3.0.20rc2.tar.gz">Samba 3.0.20rc2 +source code</a> can be downloaded now. The <a +href="/samba/ftp/rc/samba-3.0.20rc2.tar.asc">GnuPG +signature for the <em>un</em>compressed tarball</a> is also available. +Precompiled packages for Fedora Core 4 are available in the +<a href="/samba/ftp/Binary_Packages/">Binary_Packages +download area</a>. Packages for other platforms will be available +shortly.</p> + +<p>Samba 3.0.20rc2 is also available via BitTorrent +(<a href="http://torrent.samba.org/samba/ftp/rc/samba-3.0.20rc2.tar.gz.torrent">samba-3.0.20rc2.tar.gz.torrent</a>). +Note that when downloading via BitTorrent, you are encouraged +to verify the resulting uncompressed tarball's +<a href="/samba/ftp/rc/samba-3.0.20rc2.tar.asc">GPG signature</a>.</p> + + <h4><a>28 July 2005</a></h4> <p class="headline">Samba 3.0.20rc1 Available for Download</p> @@ -305,22 +346,4 @@ download area</a>.</p> -<h4><a>28 January 2005</a></h4> -<p class="headline">Samba 3.0.11rc1 Available for Download</p> - -<p>This is a release candidate of the Samba 3.0.11 code base and is -provided for testing only. While close to the final stable release, -this snapshot is <em>not</em> intended for production servers. If all -goes well, this version will become the final 3.0.11 stable -release (with possible minor changes). Please refer to the -<a href="/samba/ftp/rc/WHATSNEW-3-0-11rc1.txt">Release Notes</a> for -details on specific changes in this version.</p> - -<p>The <a href="/samba/ftp/rc/samba-3.0.11rc1.tar.gz">Samba 3.0.11rc1 -source code</a> can be downloaded now. The <a href="/samba/ftp/rc/samba-3.0.11rc1.tar.asc">GnuPG signature for the <em>un</em>compressed tarball</a> is -also available. Precompiled packages for various platforms are available in the -<a href="/samba/ftp/Binary_Packages/">Binary_Packages download area</a>.</p> - - - <!--#include virtual="footer_history.html" --> Added: trunk/news/releases/3.0.20.html =================================================================== --- trunk/news/releases/3.0.20.html 2005-08-20 03:37:25 UTC (rev 772) +++ trunk/news/releases/3.0.20.html 2005-08-20 14:24:37 UTC (rev 773) @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ + <h3><a name="3.0.20">Samba 3.0.20 Available for Download</a></h3> + + <div class="article"> + <p>We are proud to announce the production release of Samba 3.0.20. + This is the latest stable release of Samba. This is the version + that production Samba servers should be running for all current + bug-fixes. This is a substantial upgrade from previous Samba + 3.0.x releases. Please read the following explanation, + "What happened to 3.0.15 - 3.0.19?" and the other + major change descriptions in the + <a href="/samba/history/samba-3.0.20.html">Release Notes</a>.</p> + + <p><em>So what happened to 3.0.15 through 3.0.19?</em> After some + discussion it was deemed that the amount of changes + going into the next Samba 3.0 release needed something to catch + people's attention. Skipping several releases was chosen as + the best solution with the least overhead. There will be no + 3.0.15 - 3.0.19 ever released. The next production release + following 3.0.20 should be 3.0.21. You can also read the + <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=samba&m=111721010206997&w=2">original + announcement on the samba mailing list</a>.</p> + + <p>The <a href="/samba/ftp/samba-3.0.20.tar.gz">Samba 3.0.20 + source code</a> can be downloaded now. The <a + href="/samba/ftp/samba-3.0.20.tar.asc">GnuPG + signature for the <em>un</em>compressed tarball</a> is also available. + Precompiled packages for Fedora Core 4 are available in the + <a href="/samba/ftp/Binary_Packages/">Binary_Packages + download area</a>. Packages for other platforms will be available + shortly.</p> + + <p>Samba 3.0.20 is also available via BitTorrent + (<a href="http://torrent.samba.org/samba/ftp/samba-3.0.20.tar.gz.torrent">samba-3.0.20.tar.gz.torrent</a>). + Note that when downloading via BitTorrent, you are encouraged + to verify the resulting uncompressed tarball's + <a href="/samba/ftp/rc/samba-3.0.20.tar.asc">GPG signature</a>.</p> + </div> + +