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SME Server 7.6 Release Announcement |
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March 10 2010 |
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The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of |
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SME Server 7.6. This release is based on CentOS 4.9. |
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This is planned to be the final ISO release for SME 7, only critical |
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updates will be provided from now and the project intends to focus |
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all efforts on releasing SME8. |
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The release should be obtained from your closest mirror, see |
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http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download |
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Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised in the bug |
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tracker (and only there, please); |
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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, during this |
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time you may experience problems. |
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About SME Server |
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SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium |
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enterprises. |
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SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and |
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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 |
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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 this |
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release. More people are required to help with bug triage and |
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verification testing. |
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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 |
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- An upgrade will preserve the existing data |
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Changes in this release |
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Backups |
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- Allow for daylight saving changes when running backups |
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File Server |
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- Create .V2 profiles for Windows 7 clients |
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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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Server manager |
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- There should be strict checking of the IP address and Subnet Mask entered |
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into remote access panel before allowing to save successfully. |
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- Fix handling of double speechmarks in the comment field of the 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 identities |
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Web Server |
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- Default expose_php to Off for security reasons. A database property is added to |
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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 'condrestart' |
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and service is disabled. |
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- Correct the ldif file expansion for groups to include the uid element and fix |
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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 ibiblio |
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