--- cdrom.image/sme7/README.txt 2010/04/26 20:09:15 1.7 +++ cdrom.image/sme7/README.txt 2011/06/15 22:06:46 1.12 @@ -1,172 +1,114 @@ -SME Server 7.5 Release Candidate 2 Release Announcement -======================================================= - -May 1 2010 - -The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of -SME Server 7.5RC2. This release is based on CentOS 4.8. - -This is only released for testing and not for production use. - -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 -- Update to ClamAV 0.96 -- Increase MemLimit to 600M for clamav-0.96 -- Remove spamassassin jobs from cron.daily that are no longer needed. -- 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. -- Require /sbin/mdassemble so mkinitrd works correctly. - -$Id: README.txt,v 1.6 2010/04/26 20:05:51 wellsi Exp $ - - - - - - - - - +SME Server 7.6 Release Announcement +=================================== + +June 17 2010 + +The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of +SME Server 7.6. This release is based on CentOS 4.9. + +This is planned to be the final ISO release for SME 7, only critical +updates will be provided from now and the project intends to focus +all efforts on releasing SME8. + +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. + + +Upgrades +======== +Upgrades are available by CD, the Software Installer and command line. +- Always perform a backup prior to major system upgrades +- An upgrade will preserve the existing data + + +Changes in this release +======================= + +Backups +------- +- Allow for daylight saving changes when running backups. +- Handle removable backup locations. +- Backup to Workstation to handle full remote disc gracefully. +- Do not make backup fail when due to a modified file. + +File Server +----------- +- Create .V2 profiles for Windows 7 clients. +- Changes in Samba's "Recycle VFS exclude" syntax (for ibays). +- Change separator character in general Samba configuration file. + +Installer +--------- +- Allow installation when dmraid present. + +Localisation +------------ +- Add Chinese (Taiwan) language. +- Add Hebrew language. +- Other fixes include updated translations for the existing languages. + +Mail Server +----------- +- TLS Ciphers for qpsmtpd can be configured. +- Fix Pseudonym "local network only" to merge multiple properties. + +Server manager +-------------- +- There should be strict checking of the IP address and Subnet Mask entered + into remote access panel before allowing to save successfully. +- Fix handling of double speechmarks in the comment field of the hostname panel. + +Webmail and Groupware +--------------------- +- Horde, imp, turba and ingo have been updated to the latest versions. +- Add option to verify from address in webmail if setting up additional identities. + +Web Server +---------- +- Improve validation (error) message for remote access setup. +- Default expose_php to Off for security reasons. A database property is added to + allow the value to be easily controlled. + To enable expose_php /sbin/e-smith/config setprop php ExposePHP On + To disable expose_php /sbin/e-smith/config setprop php ExposePHP Off + +Other fixes and updates +----------------------- +- Fix group-modify event to honour ibays group assignment. +- Don't exit 99 from e-smith-service script when called with 'condrestart' + and service is disabled. +- Correct the ldif file expansion for groups to include the uid element and fix + the objectClass. +- Apply patch to allow rsync v3.0+ to work (needs -e parameter) +- Add random wait timer for check4updates script to distribute load on ibiblio + +$Id: README.txt,v 1.11 2011/03/06 21:57:54 wellsi Exp $