> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "ToddAndMargo" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: "Nico Kadel-Garcia" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Cc: "Scientific Linux Users" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 5:52:24 PM
>> Subject: Re: Ping Nico: AD?
> ...
>> The out-of-date drives me a bit nuts: samba 4.1.4 being
>> a good example.  I understand why they do it.  I just
>> think they should get off the butts and move a bit faster.
>> Criminy, I can't even run the latest Xfce on it!
>>
>

On 02/10/2014 03:13 PM, John Lauro wrote:
 > The out of date rarely bothers me.  If SAMBA (and 98% of other 
things) isn't new enough, I just build the latest from source...  Most 
things are good enought, and if not then it's normally at most one major 
package (and it's dependencies) per server that needs to be "newer".
 >
 > Some things can get into long dependency list, but most things build 
fine on EL6 with little trouble including the latest SAMBA.
 >

Hi John,

Don't get me wrong.  I still use it.  I just get
frustrated with it at times.  I think they go too far
with the out-of-date stuff at times.

-T


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