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SME Server 7.5 Beta 1 Release Announcement |
SME Server 7.6 Release Announcement |
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November 21 2009 |
March 24 2012 |
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The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of |
The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of |
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SME Server 7.5beta1. This release is based on CentOS 4.8. |
SME Server 7.6. This release is based on CentOS 4.9 which is the final |
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version of CentOS 4 and now End of Life. |
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This is the final ISO release for SME 7, only critical updates will be |
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This is only released for testing and not for production use. |
provided from now as SME 8 is now at Release Candidate status. |
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The release should be obtained from your closest mirror, see |
The release should be obtained from your closest mirror, see |
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http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download |
http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download |
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Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised |
Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised in the bug |
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in the bug tracker (and only there, please); |
tracker (and only there, please); |
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http://bugs.contribs.org/ |
http://bugs.contribs.org/ |
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Please Note |
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It may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing, |
It may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing, during this |
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during this time you may experience problems. |
time you may experience problems. |
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About SME Server |
About SME Server |
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SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium |
SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium |
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enterprises. |
enterprises. |
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SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License |
SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and |
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and is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community. |
is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community. |
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However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on |
However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on |
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meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc. |
meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc. |
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Thanks |
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The development team would like to thank all of those involved in |
The development team would like to thank all of those involved in this |
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this release. More people are required to help with |
release. More people are required to help with bug triage and |
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bug triage and verification testing. |
verification testing. |
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This release contains many new features, all released updates for |
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SME Server 7.4 and fixes for many reported problems. Upgrades |
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will be available by CD, the Software Installer and command line. |
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Upgrades |
Upgrades |
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Upgrades are available by CD, the Software Installer and command line. |
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- Always perform a backup prior to major system upgrades |
- Always perform a backup prior to major system upgrades |
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- An upgrade will preserve the existing data |
- An upgrade will preserve the existing data |
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Changes in this release |
Changes in this release |
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This will be updated for 7.5 RC |
Backups |
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Please see http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4785 |
- Allow for daylight saving changes when running backups. |
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for changes. |
- Handle removable backup locations when using modern browsers. |
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- Backup to Workstation to handle full remote disc gracefully. |
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- Do not make backup fail when due to a modified file. |
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- The backup to workstation did not correctly handle network drives |
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starting with a leading slash. The leading slash is now allowed |
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and silently removed. |
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File Server |
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- Create .V2 profiles for Windows 7 clients. |
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- Changes in Samba's "Recycle VFS exclude" syntax (for ibays). |
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- Change separator character in general Samba configuration file. |
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- Fix USB fstab issue preventing automatic mount (HAL). |
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Installer |
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- Allow installation when dmraid present. |
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Localisation |
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- Add Chinese (Taiwan) language. |
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- Add Hebrew language. |
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- Other fixes include updated translations for the existing languages. |
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Mail Server |
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- TLS Ciphers for qpsmtpd can be configured. |
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- Fix Pseudonym "local network only" to merge multiple properties. |
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Server manager |
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- There should be strict checking of the IP address and Subnet Mask |
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entered into remote access panel before allowing to save successfully. |
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- Fix handling of double speechmarks in the comment field of the |
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hostname panel. |
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Webmail and Groupware |
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- Horde, imp, turba and ingo have been updated to the latest versions. |
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- Add option to verify from address in webmail if setting up additional |
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identities. |
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- Improve validation (error) message for remote access setup. |
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- Default expose_php to Off for security reasons. A database property |
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is added to allow the value to be easily controlled. |
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To enable expose_php /sbin/e-smith/config setprop php ExposePHP On |
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To disable expose_php /sbin/e-smith/config setprop php ExposePHP Off |
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Other fixes and updates |
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- Fix group-modify event to honour ibays group assignment. |
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- Don't exit 99 from e-smith-service script when called with |
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'condrestart' and service is disabled. |
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- Correct the ldif file expansion for groups to include the uid element |
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and fix the objectClass. |
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- Apply patch to allow rsync v3.0+ to work (needs -e parameter). |
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- Add random wait timer for check4updates script to distribute load on |
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ibiblio. |
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- Update Clamav to latest version. |
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- Update yum to handle CentOS 4 moving to the vault. |
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$Id: README.txt,v 1.1 2009/06/06 23:51:54 slords Exp $ |
$Id: README.txt,v 1.13 2012/03/23 05:12:32 wellsi Exp $ |