cdrom.image/sme7/README.txt

SME Server 7.5 Release Announcement
===================================

March xx 2010

The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of
SME Server 7.5. This release is based on CentOS 4.8.

The release should be obtained from your closest mirror, see
http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download

Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised in the bug
tracker (and only there, please);

    http://bugs.contribs.org/


Please Note
===========
It may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing, during this
time you may experience problems.

About SME Server
================

SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium
enterprises.

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.


Thanks
======
The development team would like to thank all of those involved in this
release. More people are required to help with bug triage and
verification testing.

This release contains many new features, all released updates for SME
Server 7.4 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
=======================

Backups
-------
- The backup service has been made more robust:
  Allow many backups in the same day.
  Prevent launching a restore if all needed backups are not available.
  Do not allow a restore from a partial backup.
- Some valid passwords would fail due to how the backup directory was
  mounted, the use of a credentials file for mount.cifs now avoids this
  limitation.
- The e-mail now correctly identifies incremental and full backups.
- Make workstation-backup 'full backup allowed on'-setting stick across
  revisits of the Configure-page when set to: 'Sunday'

File Server
-----------
- A patch was added to support multiple samba roles, the change is
  transparent. However installing smeserver-adv-samba allows the user to
  take advantage of additional server roles as detailed in
  http://wiki.contribs.org/Advanced_Samba

Localisation
------------
- As part of a major update with translations we have added seven new
  languages:
  Thai, Polish, Romanian, Estonian, Chinese, Norwegian (Bokmal),
  Russian.
- Other fixes include updated translations for the existing languages.

Mail Server
-----------
- Transport Layer Security (TLS) authentication capability has been
  added for incoming smtp ehlo requests.
- Implement correctly the subject line SPAM tagging functionality.
- The syntax of the smtproutes and SMTPSmartHost templates have been
  updated to avoid MX lookups
- Incoming mail could be incorrectly rejected by qpsmtpd plugin
  require_resolvable_fromhost.
- Update to qpsmtpd 0.83
- HeuristicScanPrecedence is a new option in clamav 0.94.
  See http://wiki.contribs.org/Email#Heuristic_Scan
- Rotate Virus scanning log files
- Remove the external preloaded library, qmail-workaround, which was
  needed for qmail loopback connections if a domain MX resolves to
  0.0.0.0. This has now been replaced by a patch to qmail itself.

Server manager
--------------
- The reconfigure warning is displayed in subsequent browser sessions of
  the server-manager when the server is updated from the Command Line,
  or after a reboot, if a full reconfiguration has not been performed.
- Allow to select "check for updates" daily, weekly or monthly in the
  Software Installer. Check for updates can also be disabled.
- Fix yum warnings about "another instance is running" when running a
  second instance of yum from another terminal.

Webmail and Groupware
---------------------
- Horde, imp, turba and ingo have been updated to the latest versions
- Patch to make sure username is always saved in lowercase to horde db's
- Allow FQDN and non-FQDN access to webmail.
- The spell checker in Horde Mail has been enabled for HTML composition.
- Obsolete smeserver-trean < 0.1-8 as it makes the sidebar menu of the
  webmail interface disappear.

Web Server
----------
- Implement a database key (SSLv2) which allows to disable certificates
  signed with SSLv2, enabled by default to keep current behaviour.
- Add support for more MIME Types to Apache:
     Openoffice 1.x, Openoffice 2.x
     Microsoft Office 2007
     XML
- SSL Certificates will now use a SHA1
- SSL Certificates will now use a 2048 bits key size

Other fixes and updates
-----------------------
- From June 2009 smeserver-rkhunter was removed from smeos and made a
  contrib.
- Do not allow re-allocation of deleted Windows user profiles.
- Template sshd login grace time
- Correct the configuration of smartd to monitor hard disk status, but
  default to disabled.
- Display the boot time menu by default by removing the hiddenmenu entry
  from the default grub.conf to be in line with the documentation.
- Enable error logging for MySQL.
- When user or group names with a "." in the names exist,
  running /sbin/e-smith/audittools/aliases will show more than the
  expected list.
- Improve the quality of the mirrors by using a network mirror-list. The
  list is automatically generated hourly based on the status of the
  current mirrors. By using these mirror-lists it is ensured that people
  are directed to an updated mirror. When a mirror is added or removed
  the change will be available quickly and automatically. It also
  centralizes control of the mirror lists.
- Add yum-protect-packages support to prevent removal of needed
  packages. This stops accidental removal of core SME Server packages.
- Introduced (weak) kernel modules which are independent of kernel
  version. This means there is no need to update/rebuild kmods for each
  kernel update.
- Fix for VPN access failed with buffer too small errors.

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1	wellsi	1.5	SME Server 7.5 Release Announcement
2			===================================
3	slords	1.1
4	wellsi	1.5	March xx 2010
5	slords	1.1
6			The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of
7	wellsi	1.5	SME Server 7.5. This release is based on CentOS 4.8.
8	slords	1.1
9			The release should be obtained from your closest mirror, see
10			http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download
11
12	wellsi	1.5	Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised in the bug
13			tracker (and only there, please);
14	slords	1.1
15			http://bugs.contribs.org/
16
17
18			Please Note
19			===========
20	wellsi	1.5	It may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing, during this
21			time you may experience problems.
22	slords	1.1
23			About SME Server
24			================
25
26			SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium
27			enterprises.
28
29	wellsi	1.5	SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and
30			is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.
31	slords	1.1	However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on
32			meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.
33
34
35			Thanks
36			======
37	wellsi	1.5	The development team would like to thank all of those involved in this
38			release. More people are required to help with bug triage and
39			verification testing.
40
41			This release contains many new features, all released updates for SME
42			Server 7.4 and fixes for many reported problems. Upgrades will be
43			available by CD, the Software Installer and command line.
44	slords	1.1
45
46			Upgrades
47			========
48			- Always perform a backup prior to major system upgrades
49			- An upgrade will preserve the existing data
50
51
52			Changes in this release
53			=======================
54
55	wellsi	1.5	Backups
56			-------
57			- The backup service has been made more robust:
58			Allow many backups in the same day.
59			Prevent launching a restore if all needed backups are not available.
60			Do not allow a restore from a partial backup.
61			- Some valid passwords would fail due to how the backup directory was
62			mounted, the use of a credentials file for mount.cifs now avoids this
63			limitation.
64			- The e-mail now correctly identifies incremental and full backups.
65			- Make workstation-backup 'full backup allowed on'-setting stick across
66			revisits of the Configure-page when set to: 'Sunday'
67
68			File Server
69			-----------
70			- A patch was added to support multiple samba roles, the change is
71			transparent. However installing smeserver-adv-samba allows the user to
72			take advantage of additional server roles as detailed in
73			http://wiki.contribs.org/Advanced_Samba
74
75			Localisation
76			------------
77			- As part of a major update with translations we have added seven new
78			languages:
79			Thai, Polish, Romanian, Estonian, Chinese, Norwegian (Bokmal),
80			Russian.
81			- Other fixes include updated translations for the existing languages.
82
83			Mail Server
84			-----------
85			- Transport Layer Security (TLS) authentication capability has been
86			added for incoming smtp ehlo requests.
87			- Implement correctly the subject line SPAM tagging functionality.
88			- The syntax of the smtproutes and SMTPSmartHost templates have been
89			updated to avoid MX lookups
90			- Incoming mail could be incorrectly rejected by qpsmtpd plugin
91			require_resolvable_fromhost.
92			- Update to qpsmtpd 0.83
93			- HeuristicScanPrecedence is a new option in clamav 0.94.
94			See http://wiki.contribs.org/Email#Heuristic_Scan
95			- Rotate Virus scanning log files
96			- Remove the external preloaded library, qmail-workaround, which was
97			needed for qmail loopback connections if a domain MX resolves to
98			0.0.0.0. This has now been replaced by a patch to qmail itself.
99
100			Server manager
101			--------------
102			- The reconfigure warning is displayed in subsequent browser sessions of
103			the server-manager when the server is updated from the Command Line,
104			or after a reboot, if a full reconfiguration has not been performed.
105			- Allow to select "check for updates" daily, weekly or monthly in the
106			Software Installer. Check for updates can also be disabled.
107			- Fix yum warnings about "another instance is running" when running a
108			second instance of yum from another terminal.
109
110			Webmail and Groupware
111			---------------------
112			- Horde, imp, turba and ingo have been updated to the latest versions
113			- Patch to make sure username is always saved in lowercase to horde db's
114			- Allow FQDN and non-FQDN access to webmail.
115			- The spell checker in Horde Mail has been enabled for HTML composition.
116			- Obsolete smeserver-trean < 0.1-8 as it makes the sidebar menu of the
117			webmail interface disappear.
118
119			Web Server
120			----------
121			- Implement a database key (SSLv2) which allows to disable certificates
122			signed with SSLv2, enabled by default to keep current behaviour.
123			- Add support for more MIME Types to Apache:
124			Openoffice 1.x, Openoffice 2.x
125			Microsoft Office 2007
126			XML
127			- SSL Certificates will now use a SHA1
128			- SSL Certificates will now use a 2048 bits key size
129
130			Other fixes and updates
131			-----------------------
132			- From June 2009 smeserver-rkhunter was removed from smeos and made a
133			contrib.
134			- Do not allow re-allocation of deleted Windows user profiles.
135			- Template sshd login grace time
136			- Correct the configuration of smartd to monitor hard disk status, but
137			default to disabled.
138			- Display the boot time menu by default by removing the hiddenmenu entry
139			from the default grub.conf to be in line with the documentation.
140			- Enable error logging for MySQL.
141			- When user or group names with a "." in the names exist,
142			running /sbin/e-smith/audittools/aliases will show more than the
143			expected list.
144			- Improve the quality of the mirrors by using a network mirror-list. The
145			list is automatically generated hourly based on the status of the
146			current mirrors. By using these mirror-lists it is ensured that people
147			are directed to an updated mirror. When a mirror is added or removed
148			the change will be available quickly and automatically. It also
149			centralizes control of the mirror lists.
150			- Add yum-protect-packages support to prevent removal of needed
151			packages. This stops accidental removal of core SME Server packages.
152			- Introduced (weak) kernel modules which are independent of kernel
153			version. This means there is no need to update/rebuild kmods for each
154			kernel update.
155			- Fix for VPN access failed with buffer too small errors.
156
157			$Id: README.txt,v 1.4 2010/03/01 19:30:11 wellsi Exp $
158
159
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161
162	slords	1.1
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164	wellsi	1.3
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