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1  SME Server 7.0  SME Server 7.1
2  ==============  ==============
3    December 31, 2006
4    
5  The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release  The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of SME
6  of SME Server 7.0  Server 7.1 This release has many new features and fixes for previously
7    reported issues.
8    
9    All SME Server users should upgrade to this release.
10    
11  Changelog  The packages in 7.1 will be made available as updates for SME Server 7.0
 =========  
12    
13  7.0rc3 -> 7.0  Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised
14  =============  in the bug tracker (and only there, please);
15        http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/
16    
17  - Version number change  Major changes from SME Server 7.0
18    =================================
19    
20  7.0rc2 -> 7.0rc3  - The CD no longer boots automatically into the installer
 ================  
21    
22  ****************************************************************  - The installer now provides many raid and lvm configuration options
 * 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:  
23    
24   kudzu -q  - The Software Installer has been enhanced to provide better feedback during
25      installs and to deal with large update sets
26    
27   If you do not do this _prior_ to the upgrade, your system may  - Local mail delivery is noticeably faster
  not boot. If this happens, please see the workaround here:  
28    
29   http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=698  - The clam filesystem scan now scans /home/e-smith/files by default
 ***************************************************************  
30    
31  - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers  - A list of work included in this release can be found here:
32      See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/      http://contribs.org/bugzilla/showdependencytree.cgi?id=2036
33    
34  7.0rc1 -> 7.0rc2  About SME Server
35  ================  ================
 - 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:  
36    
37    1) Press shift while booting to get the boot menu.  SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium
38    2) Type "smei586" at the boot prompt.  enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by SME Server, Inc.
39    ( http://www.smeserver.org/ ), a non-profit corporation that exists to
40    provide marketing and legal support for SME Server.
41    
42  - New system consistency audit scripts installed in /sbin/e-smith/audittools/  SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License
43    and is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.
44    However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on
45    meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.
46    
47  - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers  As such, we ask for a small donation to offset costs and fund further
48      See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/  development.
49    
50  7.0pre4 -> 7.0rc1  Please visit http://www.smeserver.org/donate/ to donate.
51  ==================  
52  - Includes latest CentOS kernel and updates  
53    Installation
54    ============
55    
56    - Simple single CD install
57    
58    - The default installation procedure will rewrite all disks in the system
59    
60    - Automatic detection of multi-CPU and HyperThreading CPUs
61    
62    - In order to install on i586 machines you will need to do the following:
63      - Type "smei586" at the boot prompt
64    
65    - Many installation problems are caused by the following issues:
66    
67    * Incorrectly burnt CD:
68       Please use the "Media Check" to test your media. This screen is
69       presented at the start of the installation
70    
71    * Faulty memory
72        - Type "memtest86" at the boot prompt
73    
74    * Unsupported or faulty hardware
75      - Check the memory and CD media
76      - Use good quality cables and an error-free CDROM drive
77      - Ensure master/slave configuration is correct, if appropriate
78      - Disable onboard RAID controllers
79      - Disable power saving and ACPI features in the BIOS
80    
81    Automated RAID installation
82    ===========================
83    
84    NOTE: All disks must be the same size for SME Server 7
85    
86    - The default installation provides the following setup:
87      - Single disk provides one-way RAID1
88        - Console screen allows simple addition of second disk to provide mirroring
89      - Two disks are configured as a RAID1 mirror
90      - Three to five disks are configured as RAID5 (/boot partition is RAID1)
91      - Six or more disks are configured as RAID6 (/boot partition is RAID1)
92    
93    - (bug 2015, 2066) The installer provides options to:
94      - skip software raid
95      - skip logical volume manager
96      - force a raid 1 install on the first two disks detected
97      - attempt to reserve one disk as a spare
98    
99    - (bug 130) A script has been provided for conversion from non-RAID to RAID
100    
101    Upgrades
102    ========
103    
104  - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers  - Always perform a backup prior to major system upgrades
     See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/  
105    
106  7.0pre3 -> 7.0pre4  - An upgrade will preserve the existing data
107    
108    - Seamless upgrades from unmodified SME Server 7.0, 6.5, 6.0.1 and 6.0 servers
109    
110    - Many common contributed add-ons have been included in the standard
111      distribution
112    
113    Email
114    =====
115    
116    - Virus scanning
117    
118    - Executable attachment blocking
119    
120    - Spam filtering
121      - Automatic tagging with X-Spam-Status header
122      - Optional sorting to 'junkmail' mailbox
123      - Selectable tagging levels
124      - Optional rejection of spam during SMTP transaction
125      - Full user/domain recipient filtering
126    
127    - Attachment conversion from TNEF to MIME
128    
129    - Pseudonyms panel enhancements
130      - Ability to send (e.g.) support@domain1 and support@domain2 to different
131        places
132      - Can enter pseudonyms of pseudonyms
133    
134    - Secure POP, IMAP and SMTP
135    
136    - SMTP authentication for users and for ISP connection
137    
138    - Horde/IMP3 based webmail
139    
140    - (bug 1893) Local mail delivery is noticeably faster
141      - Different configuration is used for local and external connections
142      - Local connections are not subject to spam scanning, and DNS tests
143    
144    Software installer
145  ==================  ==================
 - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers  
     See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/  
146    
147  7.0pre2 -> 7.0pre3  - Yum based software installation with server-manager panel
148  ===================  
149  - The pre2 image wouldn't boot on some machines (bug 733)  - (bug 59, 1163) Software installer panel has been enhanced to:
150      - provide better feedback during installs
151  - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers    - use multiple mirror sites
152      See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/    - automatically choose the closest working mirror
153      - deal with large updates
154  7.0pre1 -> 7.0pre2    Note: The 'prereposetup' stage may take 5-10 minutes for a large update set
155  ===================  
156  - Includes latest CentOS kernel and updates  - Standard/safe yum "channels" enabled
157      - (bug 1849) CentOS base and updates channels are now enabled by default
158  - Reconfiguration reboot now requested after Software Installer  
159    updates  General features
160    ================
161  - Simple yum wrapper added to remind people to reconfigure after  
162    using yum  - Based on CentOS 4.4 and all available updates
   
 - 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  
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164  $Id: README.txt,v 1.10 2006/05/26 02:50:58 gordonr Exp $  $Id: README.txt,v 1.15 2006/12/26 20:50:21 gordonr Exp $


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