On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 10:01:00 AM Burgess, Adam wrote:
> Is there really no developer responsible for design or coding for group
> membership evaluation, and/or the code for determining accessibility to
> files/directories?
 
> I believe I have raised an important issue here but it seems it is not being
> taken seriously.
Please don't top post.

I don't think there is a single developer with such responsibility. If you 
think you've found a bug: https://bugzilla.samba.org/
If you've got a patch, post it, or attach it to the bugzilla entry.

Brad

[BTW: I'm not a samba developer, but to me: you're coming across pretty 
confrontational - hence the tone above. You might want to try a more 
collaborative approach for this kind of project.]