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Raymond Lillard wrote: |
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> Now on to my topic. I have noticed that the Samba version |
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> presently available in Portage is v3.0.10. That version |
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> was released more than six months ago. The latest released |
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> version of Samba (v3.0.14a), which contains several important |
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> bug fixes over v3.0.10, was released in mid-April. The next |
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> release of Samba will be v3.0.20. It presently is in the |
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> "rc" stage and will be released "real soon now". |
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For the record, I needed to understand the QA phases in |
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Portage. The discussion in the thread led me to: |
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1. Create the file: /etc/portage/package.keywords |
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Containing: |
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# Allow test versions of Samba to be visible |
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net-fs/samba ~x86 |
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2. Further info under: |
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URL: http://packages.gentoo.org/ |
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Search for: Samba |
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Found discussion among Portage maintainers that suggests |
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3.0.14a could be marked stable any day now. |
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Thanks for the help. |
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Ray |
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PS My installation of Gentoo in on a Dell Latitude D810. |
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This is a fairly fast machine with a really nice display. |
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Gentoo has been both very user responsive and stable. |
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I have not had any sign of instability, unlike some other |
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distros I could (but won't) name. |
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I have built most all of the popular office applications |
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and many of the sysadmin apps with NO issues. The Gentoo |
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team seems to run a tight ship and I like it. It feels |
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like a BSD system. |
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I haven't gotten to the audio/video stuff yet. I'm |
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optimistic though. |
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