Samba new branch upgrade

[Neustradamus]

It is possible to have a new branch for Samba?

For a lot of improvements…

• https://www.samba.org/
• https://www.samba.org/samba/latest_news.html
• https://www.samba.org/samba/history/
• https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.10.0.html
• https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.11.0.html
• https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.12.0.html

[pike (Michael Kicks)]

CentOS 7 will adopt this newer versions?

[Neustradamus]

Look here: https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Package_Dependencies_Required_to_Build_Samba

And there is:

• https://samba.tranquil.it/centos7/
• https://samba.tranquil.it/centos7/samba-4.12/
• …

[giacomo (Giacomo Sanchietti)]

File sharing samba release, the one is running on NS host, will always follow upstream. So you will have a new version only if CentOS releases it.
The AD container (NSDC) will be updated only in case of security fixes or major changes important for Windows clients.

[Neustradamus]

4.9.x EOL 2020-03-03: https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba_Release_Planning

Easy to update it:

• https://github.com/NethServer/ns-samba/blob/master/ns-samba.spec