{"issue":{"created_at":"2011-06-09T13:16:03Z","state":"open","updated_at":"2011-12-03T15:13:46Z","user":{"gravatar_id":"cebddf6da6fd2c6d74e95e6182ee8288","id":327792,"url":"https://api.github.com/users/BrazilianJoe","login":"BrazilianJoe","avatar_url":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cebddf6da6fd2c6d74e95e6182ee8288?d=https://a248.e.akamai.net/assets.github.com%2Fimages%2Fgravatars%2Fgravatar-140.png"},"comments":18,"body":"Due to the license change to GPL3, Apple will no longer be able to ship Samba with Mac OS X.\r\nIt was said in the media that Apple is going to provide their own tools for interacting with SMB shares, but it is a very complex system, and I doubt it will be feature complete. \r\n\r\nSo far, Lion Developer Preview 4 is unable to connect to (my test case) linux-based samba shares which require authentication.\r\n\r\nIt has been announced by the media (not Apple afaik) that Lion would support SMB2 only, and leave the legacy behind. \r\n\r\nIdeally the installation would not only install the SMB tools, but also make itself known to apps like Finder, so that it can be used just like the way it was before.","assignee":null,"id":1030013,"pull_request":{"patch_url":null,"html_url":null,"diff_url":null},"labels":[{"name":"10.7","color":"f5c36c","url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mxcl/homebrew/labels/10.7"},{"name":"requested-formula","color":"0b02e1","url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mxcl/homebrew/labels/requested-formula"}],"number":5954,"title":"Samba  formula needed - will be dropped from Mac OS X 10.7","html_url":"https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/issues/5954","closed_at":null,"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mxcl/homebrew/issues/5954","milestone":null},"action":"created","comment":{"created_at":"2011-12-03T15:13:46Z","updated_at":"2011-12-03T15:13:46Z","user":{"gravatar_id":"7251123cab2d408013ed00dcd52a841b","id":1238008,"url":"https://api.github.com/users/ifreq","login":"ifreq","avatar_url":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7251123cab2d408013ed00dcd52a841b?d=https://a248.e.akamai.net/assets.github.com%2Fimages%2Fgravatars%2Fgravatar-140.png"},"body":"clean install of Lion with newest Xcode.  Only app/user data has been transferred from old system install.","id":3001032,"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mxcl/homebrew/issues/comments/3001032"}}