--- cdrom.image/README.txt 2006/04/27 02:30:13 1.9 +++ cdrom.image/README.txt 2008/01/01 17:18:13 1.20 @@ -1,213 +1,165 @@ -SME Server 7.0rc2 -================= +SME Server 7.3 Release Notes +============================ -**************************************************************** -* 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: +January 1 2008 - kudzu -q +The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of +SME Server 7.3. This release is based on CentOS 4.6 and all packages +have been updated to the latest releases. - If you do not do this _prior_ to the upgrade, your system may - not boot. If this happens, please see the workaround here: - http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=698 -*************************************************************** +All SME Server users should upgrade to this release. -Changelog -========= -7.0rc1 -> 7.0rc2 +Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised +in the bug tracker (and only there, please); + + http://bugs.contribs.org/ + + +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. - -- New system consistency audit scripts installed in /sbin/e-smith/audittools/ - -- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers - See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/ - -7.0pre4 -> 7.0rc1 -================== -- Includes latest CentOS kernel and updates - -- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers - See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/ - -7.0pre3 -> 7.0pre4 -================== -- 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 -$Id: README.txt,v 1.8 2006/04/05 05:25:58 gordonr Exp $ +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. + +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. + +As such, we ask for a small donation to offset costs and fund further +development. + +Please visit http://www.smeserver.org/donate/ to donate. + + +Thanks +------ +The development team would like to thank all of those involved in +this release. However, this distribution cannot continue with the +current level of support. More people are required to help with +bug triage and verification testing. + + +This release contains many new features, all released updates for +SME Server 7.2 and fixes for many reported problems. Upgrades +will be available by CD, the Software Installer and command line. + + +Upgrades +======== + +- Always perform a backup prior to major system upgrades + +- An upgrade will preserve the existing data + + +Changes in this release +======================= + + +Installer Options +----------------- +- Using "sme multipart" boot parameter now enables quotas on all LVM's + see bug 3651 on how to create your quota files + + +Other mail system changes +------------------------- +- Support for disconnect option in rhsbl plugin +- Support for disconnect immediately if dnsbl plugin rejects recipient + addresses +- Newer version of ipsvd to resolve a few Thunderbird issues +- Support for configurable timeouts which by default is set to two minutes + + +Console +------- +- Now able to remove Corporate DNS setting +- Raid reconstruction now finishes after using "sme nolvm" passed at install + time + + +Backups +------- +- Ability to use console restore with CD or DVD recordable media +- Remove smbpasswd file prior to restore + + +Localisation +------------ +- The fr-fr browser language is now supported +- Italian translation minor update + + +Software Installer +------------------ +- The voxteneo.com and fullnet.co.uk mirrors has been added as a mirror + location. Many thanks to all of our mirrors +- Removed planetmirror mirror due to being unstable for a number of months +- Added smecontribs repository to smeserver + + +Webmail +------- +- Horde, imp, turbo and ingo have been updated to the latest versions + + +Server manager +-------------- +- Updated wording in Server manager > proxy to be correct when running in + serveronly mode +- Now able to remove settings in the Corporate DNS panel +- Make qpsmtpd/state visible in the view log files +- Convert squid timestamp in view log files +- Since we moved to session-based login changing admin password does no + longer invalidate access to server manager +- Added support if you use port-forwarding with an external dynamic ip + address + + +Other fixes and updates +----------------------- +- More changes have been made in preparation for migration to CentOS5 +- Various samba issues fixed with new samba 3.0.25b package +- Smartd is disabled by default but has built in templates to enable +- Import of spamassassin keys are now processed correctly +- Fixed various log noise issues +- Allow root to be key based login only +- Increased dnscache forwarder cache size +- Freshclam permissions now corrected +- Unwanted symlinks in httpd log directory no longer appear +- Added WPAD feature in DHCP +- Fixed various perl issues +- Using long email address now stops regeneration email every day + + +General features +================ + +- Based on CentOS 4.6 and all available updates + + +There are a few differnces from previous releases <=7.2 +====================================================================== + + +After installing for the very first time: +----------------------------------------- +- First night you should receive an email from cron about sa_updates. +- First night you should receive a large email saying a bunch of + groups/users were removed/added (rkhunter email notification). +- Any time you change users/groups you will receive an email the next day + about those changes (rkhunter email notification). + + +Taking the upgrade path from a 7.x to 7.3 +----------------------------------------- +- First night you may receive an email from cron about sa_updates +- First night you may receive a email saying missing passwd/group files + (rkhunter email notification). + +$Id: README.txt,v 1.18 2007/07/21 00:13:59 slords Exp $