Release Announcements
=====================

This is the first preview release of Samba 4.12.  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 4.12 will be the next version of the Samba suite.


UPGRADING
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NEW FEATURES/CHANGES
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REMOVED FEATURES
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BIND9_FLATFILE deprecated
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The BIND9_FLATFILE DNS backend is deprecated in this release and will
be removed in the future.  This was only practically useful on a single
domain controller or under expert care and supervision.

This release removes the "rndc command" smb.conf parameter, which
supported this configuration by writing out a list of DCs permitted to
make changes to the DNS Zone and nudging the 'named' server if a new
DC was added to the domain.  Administrators using BIND9_FLATFILE will
need to maintain this manually from now on.

smb.conf changes
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  Parameter Name                     Description                Default
  --------------                     -----------                -------

  nfs4:acedup                        Changed default            merge
  rndc command                       Removed

KNOWN ISSUES
============

https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Release_Planning_for_Samba_4.12#Release_blocking_bugs


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Reporting bugs & Development Discussion
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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.

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
the problem then you will probably be ignored.  All bug reports should
be filed under the Samba 4.1 and newer product in the project's Bugzilla
database (https://bugzilla.samba.org/).


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== Our Code, Our Bugs, Our Responsibility.
== The Samba Team
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