I'm wondering why Ubuntu 14.04 contains packages for 4.1.6 but not 4.1.17 or 4.1.18? Since 4.1.x is the current maintenance mode, I'd expect it to be included in Ubuntu repos Should we be adding a repository to our 'sources.list'? On 05/29/2015 01:10 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:> > Am 28.05.2015 um 04:45 schrieb Andrew _: >> There are no Debian / Ubuntu repositories available with recent Samba >> releases. >> What is the reason for this situation? > > because nobody built packages? > Fedora 22 as example has Samba 4.2.x > > do you want a LTS distribution or bleeding edge software > you can't have both at the same time > > > > > >
Am 29.05.2015 um 22:46 schrieb Steve Ankeny:> I'm wondering why Ubuntu 14.04 contains packages for 4.1.6 but not > 4.1.17 or 4.1.18? > > Since 4.1.x is the current maintenance mode, I'd expect it to be > included in Ubuntu reposUbuntu is Debian based you need to learn how LTS distributions work with backporting security issues or switch to a distribution which ships recent packages> Should we be adding a repository to our 'sources.list'? > > On 05/29/2015 01:10 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: >> >> Am 28.05.2015 um 04:45 schrieb Andrew _: >>> There are no Debian / Ubuntu repositories available with recent Samba >>> releases. >>> What is the reason for this situation? >> >> because nobody built packages? >> Fedora 22 as example has Samba 4.2.x >> >> do you want a LTS distribution or bleeding edge software >> you can't have both at the same time-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 181 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.samba.org/pipermail/samba/attachments/20150529/e6ec21ed/attachment.pgp>
I need to be asking Ubuntu why they're not providing updates in their backports repo Anyway, thanks for the answer. On 05/29/2015 04:53 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:> > Am 29.05.2015 um 22:46 schrieb Steve Ankeny: >> I'm wondering why Ubuntu 14.04 contains packages for 4.1.6 but not >> 4.1.17 or 4.1.18? >> >> Since 4.1.x is the current maintenance mode, I'd expect it to be >> included in Ubuntu repos > > Ubuntu is Debian based > > you need to learn how LTS distributions work with backporting security > issues or switch to a distribution which ships recent packages > >> Should we be adding a repository to our 'sources.list'? >> >> On 05/29/2015 01:10 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: >>> >>> Am 28.05.2015 um 04:45 schrieb Andrew _: >>>> There are no Debian / Ubuntu repositories available with recent Samba >>>> releases. >>>> What is the reason for this situation? >>> >>> because nobody built packages? >>> Fedora 22 as example has Samba 4.2.x >>> >>> do you want a LTS distribution or bleeding edge software >>> you can't have both at the same time > > >