Author: jerry Date: 2008-04-28 16:09:11 +0000 (Mon, 28 Apr 2008) New Revision: 1185
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So using editorial privilege, I've decided to +term these as mashup reports. + +According to the pop culture definition from Wikipedia, +mashup usually means: + + * A web application that combines data and/or + functionality from more than one source + * A musical genre of songs that consist entirely of + parts of other songs + * A video that is edited from more than one source + to appear as one + * In parts of the UK means a mash or pot of tea + (colloq. Yorkshire), other areas brew or stand tea + +The second and third definitions are probably the most +appropriate here. So without further ado, here's the +inaugural bi-weekly (give or take a few days) report. + +cheers, jerry + + +============================================ +<a name="section1">1.</a> Plans in Motion for 6 Month Release Cycle +============================================ + +Based on feedback from the community, Samba Team members have +agreed to put into place a six month release cycle on new +Samba 3.x releases. The initial 3.2 release will start the +clock on the next major development effort. + +In the thread beginning at [1], Jerry Carter (Samba Team +member) proposed: + + Once a new release cycle is done, that version goes + straight to bug fix mode and the next release cycle gets + a new minor release number. + + So for example, assume 3.2.0 is released in the next + 30 days. The 3.2 releases are immediately in maintenance + mode meaning we can fix all the regressions and bugs we + like. But no new features. The next 6 month cycle clock + starts ticking and that becomes v3.3. + + Karolin (Seeger) will have the job of setting dates and + we have to stick to them. + +Christian Perrier (a Debian samba package maintainer) pointed +out this would be a lot of work and maybe not achievable. +Jim McDonough (Samba Team member) highlighted Jerry's main +point which is: + + ...it will definitely require a mind shift from the "Wait, + we have to have _my_ major piece" mode that currently + dominates scheduling of releases. The developer who writes + the code has to decide if the code will be ready for the + schedule, rather than delaying the schedule (and everyone's + code) until the code is ready. + + +=========================== +<a name="section2">2.</a> Samba 3.2.0pre3 Released +=========================== + +The third Preview release of Samba 3.2.0 was released on +Friday, April 25 [2]. This is the last scheduled preview +release with an estimated date for RC1 set by Karolin Seeger +(Samba 3.2 release manager) of May 23 [3]. The number and +frequency of release candidates will be decided by the +quality and feedback from the community testers of the pre3 +release. + +And in preparation for committing to a 6 month release cycle, +the Samba 3.3 development branch has been created to stem +the rate of change in the 3.2 code [4][5]. Samba 3.3 is +tentatively scheduled for delivery sometime in December, 2008. + + + +=============================================== +<a name="section3">3.</a> Samba XP 2008 Concludes as YASC (yet another + successful conference) +=============================================== + +The seventh annual Samba eXPerience Conference concluded in +Goettingen, DE, on April 18th [6]. + +Talks were presented about topics such as: + + * Samba's relationship with the Protocol Freedom + Information Foundation (PFIF) + * SMB2 protocol details + * The latest developments in projects such as the Linux + CIFS file system, OpenChange, and of course Samba itself. + +This year marked a milestone as both members of the Samba +Team, Microsoft engineers, and developers from numerous +companies openly presented and discussed details of +CIFS and related protocol based upon newly available WSPP +documentation. + +Conference pictures are available on-line now. The audio +portion of talks as well as session slides will be available +soon from the conference web site. + + +======================================================= +<a name="section4">4.</a> Samba Documentation repository moved from SVN to Git +======================================================= + +The Docbook/XML source of the Samba HOWTOs and man pages is +no longer hosted in Subversion. In an effort to ensure +more release specific and accurate docs, the samba-docs +SVN report has been migrated into the Samba git repository. +The Docbook/XML source now resides in the samba/docs-xml/ +directory. + +The Subversion repository will remain online for reference +but has been closed to all changes. + + +========================================================= +<a name="section5">5.</a> Bugzilla Day for Samba 3.2 scheduled for Friday, May 9 +========================================================= + +Another Bugzilla day of tracking down defects in Samba 3.2 +has been scheduled for Friday, May 9 [7]. All developers +and users interested in the 3.2 release are encouraged +to participate on the #samba-technical channel on +irc.freenode.net. + +If you want to participate, here are a few guidelines: + + * You do not have to be a developer. + * You must be running 3.2.0pre3 on some server or client. + * You must be using a configuration that worked + successfully on a prior version of Samba 3.0. + * You must be comfortable providing sufficient debug + information in the case that we identify a legitimate + failure. This might be debug logs, network traces, etc... + + +============================= +<a name="section6">6.</a> Call for developer reports +============================= + +Future editions of the Samba Mashup Report will include a +section on current developer activities, please send a short +summary of your work to [EMAIL PROTECTED] + + + +========== +References +========== + +[1]<a href="http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2008-April/058725.html">http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2008-April/058725.html</a> +[2]<a href="http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-announce/2008/000135.html">http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-announce/2008/000135.html</a> +[3]<a href="http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Release_Planning_for_Samba_3.2">http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Release_Planning_for_Samba_3.2</a> +[4]<a href="http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2008-April/058851.html">http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2008-April/058851.html</a> +[5]<a href="http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2008-April/058866.html">http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2008-April/058866.html</a> +[6]<a href="http://www.sambaxp.com/">http://www.sambaxp.com/</a> +[7]<a href="http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Bugzilla_Day">http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Bugzilla_Day</a> + +== +</pre> + +</body> +</html> + Property changes on: trunk/mashup/SMR-04-28-2008.html ___________________________________________________________________ Name: svn:executable + *