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 > > >
Am 29.05.2015 um 23:10 schrieb Steve Ankeny:> I need to be asking Ubuntu why they're not providing updates in their > backports repobecause there is no reason to do so? 4.1.6 is not just 4.1.6 as released upstream just look at the *complete* apckage version backports repo != backporting don't get me wrong but you *really* need to learn some basics or just accept the your ditribution is knowing better than you what they are doing> 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-------------- 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/d0215ec7/attachment.pgp>
thanks for the rebuke You're right, I don't understand. Somewhere I thought I had 4.1.17 but when I check version, it says 4.1.6 I'll look at the packaging more closely. No need to respond. On 05/29/2015 05:19 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:> Am 29.05.2015 um 23:10 schrieb Steve Ankeny: >> I need to be asking Ubuntu why they're not providing updates in their >> backports repo > > because there is no reason to do so? > > 4.1.6 is not just 4.1.6 as released upstream > just look at the *complete* apckage version > backports repo != backporting > > don't get me wrong but you *really* need to learn some basics or just > accept the your ditribution is knowing better than you what they are > doing