Bug#814382: RFA: samba -- SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server for Unix

[Mathieu Parent <math.parent@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 10:45 AM Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru> wrote:
>
> Ok. Let's try to step on this one.

Hi Michael,

Thanks for coming here ;-)

> I grabbed the package from salsa, applied the fix for #1005642. it built okay
> (I use the fixed packages here for about a month already).
>
> Mathieu, can you please give me some little guide in importing the new upstream
> version, what is usually required, how did you done this before?

This is documented in debian/README.source

> Let's try to keep the package in a good shape.
>
> Also, what are/were your plans wrt MR#56, "Build ldb from samba source" - is it
> ready to me merged?  The less packages to maintain, the better :)

It's not ready to be merged yet. At least sssd should build with it.

It looks like you're not a Debian developer. Do you plan to be?

Regards

Mathieu Parent