--- cdrom.image/README.txt 2006/04/05 05:25:58 1.8 +++ cdrom.image/README.txt 2006/12/26 22:53:34 1.16 @@ -1,213 +1,164 @@ -SME Server 7.0rc2 -================= +SME Server 7.1 +============== +December 31, 2006 -**************************************************************** -* IMPORTANT: Pre-upgrade step for 7.0pre1 and 7.0beta releases * -**************************************************************** - Before upgrading to 7.0 from 7.0pre1 or any of the 7.0beta - releases, you must run the following command: +The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of SME +Server 7.1 This release has many new features and fixes for previously +reported issues. - kudzu -q +All SME Server users should upgrade to this release. - If you do not do this _prior_ to the upgrade, your system may - not boot. If this happens, please see the workaround here: +The packages in 7.1 will be made available as updates for SME Server 7.0 - http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=698 -*************************************************************** +Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised +in the bug tracker (and only there, please); + http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/ -Changelog -========= +Major changes from SME Server 7.0 +================================= -7.0rc1 -> 7.0rc2 +- The CD no longer boots automatically into the installer + +- The installer now provides many raid and lvm configuration options + +- The Software Installer has been enhanced to provide better feedback during + installs and to deal with large update sets + +- Local mail delivery is noticeably faster + +- The clam filesystem scan now scans /home/e-smith/files by default + +- A list of work included in this release can be found here: + http://contribs.org/bugzilla/showdependencytree.cgi?id=2036 + +About SME Server ================ -- Update to CentOS 4.3 base -- Installer built with i686 kernel. In order to install on i586 - machines you will need to do the following: - 1) Press shift while booting to get the boot menu. - 2) Type "smei586" at the boot prompt. +SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium +enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by SME Server, Inc. +( http://www.smeserver.org/ ), a non-profit corporation that exists to +provide marketing and legal support for SME Server. -- New system consistency audit scripts installed in /sbin/e-smith/audit/ +SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License +and is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community. +However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on +meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc. -- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers - See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/ +As such, we ask for a small donation to offset costs and fund further +development. -7.0pre4 -> 7.0rc1 -================== -- Includes latest CentOS kernel and updates +Please visit http://www.smeserver.org/donate/ to donate. + + +Installation +============ + +- Simple single CD install + +- The default installation procedure will rewrite all disks in the system + +- Automatic detection of multi-CPU and HyperThreading CPUs + +- In order to install on i586 machines you will need to do the following: + - Type "smei586" at the boot prompt + +- Many installation problems are caused by the following issues: + +* Incorrectly burnt CD: + Please use the "Media Check" to test your media. This screen is + presented at the start of the installation + +* Faulty memory + - Type "memtest86" at the boot prompt + +* Unsupported or faulty hardware + - Check the memory and CD media + - Use good quality cables and an error-free CDROM drive + - Ensure master/slave configuration is correct, if appropriate + - Disable onboard RAID controllers + - Disable power saving and ACPI features in the BIOS + +Automated RAID installation +=========================== + +NOTE: All disks must be the same size for SME Server 7 + +- The default installation provides the following setup: + - Single disk provides one-way RAID1 + - Console screen allows simple addition of second disk to provide mirroring + - Two disks are configured as a RAID1 mirror + - Three to five disks are configured as RAID5 (/boot partition is RAID1) + - Six or more disks are configured as RAID6 (/boot partition is RAID1) + +- (bug 2015, 2066) The installer provides options to: + - skip software raid + - skip logical volume manager + - force a raid 1 install on the first two disks detected + - attempt to reserve one disk as a spare -- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers - See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/ +- (bug 130) A script has been provided for conversion from non-RAID to RAID -7.0pre3 -> 7.0pre4 +Upgrades +======== + +- Always perform a backup prior to major system upgrades + +- An upgrade will preserve the existing data + +- Seamless upgrades from unmodified SME Server 7.0, 6.5, 6.0.1 and 6.0 servers + +- Many common contributed add-ons have been included in the standard + distribution + +Email +===== + +- Virus scanning + +- Executable attachment blocking + +- Spam filtering + - Automatic tagging with X-Spam-Status header + - Optional sorting to 'junkmail' mailbox + - Selectable tagging levels + - Optional rejection of spam during SMTP transaction + - Full user/domain recipient filtering + +- Attachment conversion from TNEF to MIME + +- Pseudonyms panel enhancements + - Ability to send (e.g.) support@domain1 and support@domain2 to different + places + - Can enter pseudonyms of pseudonyms + +- Secure POP, IMAP and SMTP + +- SMTP authentication for users and for ISP connection + +- Horde/IMP3 based webmail + +- (bug 1893) Local mail delivery is noticeably faster + - Different configuration is used for local and external connections + - Local connections are not subject to spam scanning, and DNS tests + +Software installer ================== -- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers - See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/ -7.0pre2 -> 7.0pre3 -=================== -- The pre2 image wouldn't boot on some machines (bug 733) - -- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers - See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/ - -7.0pre1 -> 7.0pre2 -=================== -- Includes latest CentOS kernel and updates - -- Reconfiguration reboot now requested after Software Installer - updates - -- Simple yum wrapper added to remind people to reconfigure after - using yum - -- Completion of change to contribs.org styling - -- Updated French translation - thanks Franck Pierre - -- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers - See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/ - -7.0beta9 -> 7.0pre1 -=================== -- Test Internet Access now accesses contribs.org and only passes two - pieces of information - the version installed on your server and - a string used to differentiate your server from others using this - test. This string is generated by a one-way hash function and access - to the string does not provide any information about your server. - - We appreciate your assistance in sending this information so we can - gain an accurate count of the installed servers. - -- Server manager changed to use contribs.org branding. CSS files still - need to be updated. - -- Usernames of the form first.last and first_last are now allowed. - -- The maximum length of user and group names has increased from twelve to 31. - -- Reconfiguration reboot added to "Shutdown and Reboot" panel - (added in Beta9). This performs a "post-upgrade" and a "reboot" and - should be used after system and yum upgrades. - -- Automated conversion to RAID on upgrade feature removed. - -- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers - See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/ - -7.0beta8 -> 7.0beta9 -==================== -- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers - See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/ - -7.0beta7 -> 7.0beta8 -==================== -- Rebuild ipsvd package on CentOS 4.x -https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1226207&group_id=96750&atid=615772 - -7.0beta6 -> 7.0beta7 -==================== -- Reconfigure option added to Shutdown/reboot page -- Correct versions of kernel slip and ppp modules included -- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker here - Thanks to testers and developers - https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772 - -7.0beta5 -> 7.0beta6 -==================== -- Base updated from CentOS 4.1 to CentOS 4.2 -- Included kernel-module-slip to support dialup with diald -- Gathered all L10Ns other than en-us into the smeserver-locale package -- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker here - Thanks to testers and developers - https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772 - -7.0beta4 -> 7.0beta5 -==================== -- German translations - Thanks Dietmar Berteld -- Italian translations - Thanks Filippo Carletti -- French translation fixups - Thanks again to Didier Rambeau -- Anaconda/installer translations are still to be added to some screens -- Enhanced control for Webmail access - Thanks Michael Weinberger -- Added the ability to set Corporate DNS Servers and specify domains - to be resolved via the Corporate DNS Servers, Internet DNS Servers - or locally - Thanks Gordon Rowell -- RAID conversion on upgrade re-added after installer changes (see Alpha24) -- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker here - Thanks to testers and developers - https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772 - -7.0beta2 -> 7.0beta4 -==================== -- Enhanced options for POP and IMAP access - Thanks Michael Weinberger -- French translations of new panels - Thanks Didier Rambeau -- MySQL database restore fixes - Thanks Paul Floor -- Various library bug fixes - Thanks Michiel Blotwijk -- PHP register_globals disabled - Thanks John Bennett -- Server-manager settings for ISP SMTP Authentication - Thanks Gordon Rowell -- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker here - Thanks to testers and developers - https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772 - -7.0beta2 -> 7.0beta3 -==================== -- Bug fixes - not released - -7.0beta1 -> 7.0beta2 -==================== -- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker here: - https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772 -- Many thanks to all of our testers and bug reporters - -7.0alpha26 -> 7.0beta1 -====================== -- Use anaconda upgrade detection -- Boot straight into anaconda -- Remove KickStart configuration files (no longer used) -- Hide many installer screens -- Clean up RPM dependencies and package lineage -- Removed some unused packages from CD image -- Many, many bug fixes - see the bug tracker here: - https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772 - -7.0alpha25 -> 7.0alpha26 -======================== -- Many, many bug fixes - see the bug tracker here: - https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772 - -7.0alpha24 -> 7.0alpha25 -======================== -- Fix anaconda to pick up/smp kernel correctly -- Remove cups from installation -- Add real appletalk module -- Add latest CentOS updates -- Fix shadow-utils to allow machines to join domain -- Add missing dependencies -- Fix bugs (see sourceforge site for any missed above) - -7.0alpha23 -> 7.0alpha24 -======================== -- Fixed grub installer so it get installed on mbr for raid setups -- Removed perl-Mail-SpamAssassin as rhel4 spamassassin contains that -- ext2fs, ext3fs and swap partitions are automatically upgraded to - degraded (single disk) RAID-1 volumes so that a second disk can - be added later - Thanks to Mitel for funding this feature -- Rebuild ipsvd to prevent segfaults -- Fixed radiusd/pptpd services so VPN now works -- Upgraded nut to v2.0 -- Fixed warnquota permissions -- Upgrade packages from el3 to el4 versions -- Added few useful services that CentOS 4.1 recommends - -7.0alpha22 -> 7.0alpha23 -======================== -- Removed webalizer -- Added rkhunter -- Added i586 packages - openssl, kernel, glibc -- Added smeserver-yum -- Added smeserver-qpsmtpd-tnef2mime-0.0.2-0.noarch.rpm and dependencies: - perl-Convert-TNEF-0.17-3.1.el3.rf.noarch.rpm - perl-File-MMagic-1.21-1.noarch.rpm - perl-IO-stringy-2.108-4.rhel3.dag.noarch.rpm - perl-MIME-tools-5.411-2.rhel3.dag.noarch.rpm -- Added centos-release and made e-smith-release depend on it -- Removed centos-yumconf -- Imported cdrom.image into CVS +- Yum based software installation with server-manager panel + +- (bug 59, 1163) Software installer panel has been enhanced to: + - provide better feedback during installs + - use multiple mirror sites + - automatically choose the closest working mirror + - deal with large updates + Note: The 'prereposetup' stage may take 5-10 minutes for a large update set + +- Standard/safe yum "channels" enabled + - (bug 1849) CentOS base and updates channels are now enabled by default + +General features +================ + +- Based on CentOS 4.4 and all available updates -$Id: README.txt,v 1.7 2006/04/05 01:46:20 slords Exp $ +$Id: README.txt,v 1.15 2006/12/26 20:50:21 gordonr Exp $