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[Ian McMichael <question272467@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Question #272467 on samba in Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+question/272467

    Status: Answered => Solved

Ian McMichael confirmed that the question is solved:
Thanks for the answers.  I guess I was looking for more of a policy
statement on how software updates (in this case Samba) are handled when
the LTS included version goes end-of-life before the Ubuntu release
does.  This would have allowed me to plan a timely migration based upon
the standard procedure.

In this particular case the issue is now solved by the BadLock Bug
(http://badlock.org/), to which the Canonical response is being tracked
in bug #1569497
(https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/1569497).  This is
forcing the 14.04 LTS Samba 4.1.6 release, which is now part of the
unsupported 4.1.x series, to be upgraded to 4.3.8.

Due to a release being skipped and the number of configuration changes
in this security release we are having to carry out a substantial amount
of testing ahead of the estimated 19th April release to ensure our
customers continue to operate correctly in the new Active Directory
environment.

A little more transparency from Canonical on this process would have
been very much appreciated as it was predictable in advance.

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