Release Announcements
=====================
-This is the first pre release of Samba 4.15. This is *not*
+This is the first pre release of Samba 4.21. This is *not*
intended for production environments and is designed for testing
purposes only. Please report any defects via the Samba bug reporting
system at https://bugzilla.samba.org/.
-Samba 4.15 will be the next version of the Samba suite.
+Samba 4.21 will be the next version of the Samba suite.
UPGRADING
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-New GPG key
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-The GPG release key for Samba releases changed from:
-
-pub dsa1024/6F33915B6568B7EA 2007-02-04 [SC] [expires: 2021-02-05]
- Key fingerprint = 52FB C0B8 6D95 4B08 4332 4CDC 6F33 915B 6568 B7EA
-uid [ full ] Samba Distribution Verification Key <samba-bugs@samba.org>
-sub elg2048/9C6ED163DA6DFB44 2007-02-04 [E] [expires: 2021-02-05]
-
-to the following new key:
+NEW FEATURES/CHANGES
+====================
-pub rsa4096/AA99442FB680B620 2020-12-21 [SC] [expires: 2022-12-21]
- Key fingerprint = 81F5 E283 2BD2 545A 1897 B713 AA99 442F B680 B620
-uid [ultimate] Samba Distribution Verification Key <samba-bugs@samba.org>
-sub rsa4096/97EF9386FBFD4002 2020-12-21 [E] [expires: 2022-12-21]
+LDB no longer a standalone tarball
+----------------------------------
-Starting from Jan 21th 2021, all Samba releases will be signed with the new key.
+LDB, Samba's LDAP-like local database and the power behind the Samba
+AD DC, is no longer available to build as a distinct tarball, but is
+instead provided as an optional public library.
-See also GPG_AA99442FB680B620_replaces_6F33915B6568B7EA.txt
+If you need ldb as a public library, say to build sssd, then use
+ ./configure --private-libraries='!ldb'
+This re-integration allows LDB tests to use the Samba's full selftest
+system, including our knownfail infrastructure, and decreases the work
+required during security releases as a coordinated release of the ldb
+tarball is not also required.
-NEW FEATURES/CHANGES
-====================
+This approach has been demonstrated already in Debian, which is already
+building Samba and LDB is this way.
+As part of this work, the pyldb-util public library, not known to be
+used by any other software, is made private to Samba.
+LDB Module API Python bindings removed
+--------------------------------------
+The LDB Modules API, which we do not promise a stable ABI or API for,
+was wrapped in python in early LDB development. However that wrapping
+never took into account later changes, and so has not worked for a
+number of years. Samba 4.21 and LDB 2.10 removes this unused and
+broken feature.
REMOVED FEATURES
================
-Tru64 ACL support has been removed from this release. The last
-supported release of Tru64 UNIX was in 2012.
-
-NIS support has been removed from this release. This is not
-available in Linux distributions anymore.
-
smb.conf changes
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- Parameter Name Description Default
- -------------- ----------- -------
+ Parameter Name Description Default
+ -------------- ----------- -------
KNOWN ISSUES
============
-https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Release_Planning_for_Samba_4.15#Release_blocking_bugs
+https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Release_Planning_for_Samba_4.21#Release_blocking_bugs
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Please discuss this release on the samba-technical mailing list or by
-joining the #samba-technical IRC channel on irc.freenode.net.
+joining the #samba-technical:matrix.org matrix room, or
+#samba-technical IRC channel on irc.libera.chat
If you do report problems then please try to send high quality
feedback. If you don't provide vital information to help us track down
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