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1  SME Server 7.5 Beta 1 Release Announcement  SME Server 7.6 Release Announcement
2  ==========================================  ===================================
3    
4  November 21 2009  March 24 2012
5    
6  The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of  The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of
7  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
8    version of CentOS 4 and now End of Life.
9    
10    This is the final ISO release for SME 7, only critical updates will be
11  This is only released for testing and not for production use.  provided from now as SME 8 is now at Release Candidate status.
12    
13  The release should be obtained from your closest mirror, see  The release should be obtained from your closest mirror, see
14  http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download  http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download
15    
16  Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised  Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised in the bug
17  in the bug tracker (and only there, please);  tracker (and only there, please);
18    
19      http://bugs.contribs.org/      http://bugs.contribs.org/
20    
21    
22  Please Note  Please Note
23  ===========  ===========
24  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
25  during this time you may experience problems.  time you may experience problems.
26    
27    
28  About SME Server  About SME Server
29  ================  ================
# Line 29  About SME Server Line 31  About SME Server
31  SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium  SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium
32  enterprises.  enterprises.
33    
34  SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License  SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and
35  and is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.  is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.
36  However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on  However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on
37  meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.  meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.
38    
39    
40  Thanks  Thanks
41  ======  ======
42  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
43  this release. More people are required to help with  release. More people are required to help with bug triage and
44  bug triage and verification testing.  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.  
45    
46    
47  Upgrades  Upgrades
48  ========  ========
49    Upgrades are available by CD, the Software Installer and command line.
50  - Always perform a backup prior to major system upgrades  - Always perform a backup prior to major system upgrades
51  - An upgrade will preserve the existing data  - An upgrade will preserve the existing data
52    
# Line 56  Upgrades Line 54  Upgrades
54  Changes in this release  Changes in this release
55  =======================  =======================
56    
57  This will be updated for 7.5 RC  Backups
58    -------
59  Please see http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4785  - Allow for daylight saving changes when running backups.
60  for changes.  - Handle removable backup locations when using modern browsers.
61    - Backup to Workstation to handle full remote disc gracefully.
62    - Do not make backup fail when due to a modified file.
63    - The backup to workstation did not correctly handle network drives
64      starting with a leading slash. The leading slash is now allowed
65      and silently removed.
66    
67    File Server
68    -----------
69    - Create .V2 profiles for Windows 7 clients.
70    - Changes in Samba's "Recycle VFS exclude" syntax (for ibays).
71    - Change separator character in general Samba configuration file.
72    - Fix USB fstab issue preventing automatic mount (HAL).
73    
74    Installer
75    ---------
76    - Allow installation when dmraid present.
77    
78    Localisation
79    ------------
80    - Add Chinese (Taiwan) language.
81    - Add Hebrew language.
82    - Other fixes include updated translations for the existing languages.
83    
84    Mail Server
85    -----------
86    - TLS Ciphers for qpsmtpd can be configured.
87    - Fix Pseudonym "local network only" to merge multiple properties.
88    
89    Server manager
90    --------------
91    - There should be strict checking of the IP address and Subnet Mask
92      entered into remote access panel before allowing to save successfully.
93    - Fix handling of double speechmarks in the comment field of the
94      hostname panel.
95    
96    Webmail and Groupware
97    ---------------------
98    - Horde, imp, turba and ingo have been updated to the latest versions.
99    - Add option to verify from address in webmail if setting up additional
100      identities.
101    
102    Web Server
103    ----------
104    - Improve validation (error) message for remote access setup.
105    - Default expose_php to Off for security reasons. A database property
106      is added to allow the value to be easily controlled.
107      To enable expose_php   /sbin/e-smith/config setprop php ExposePHP On
108      To disable expose_php  /sbin/e-smith/config setprop php ExposePHP Off
109    
110    Other fixes and updates
111    -----------------------
112    - Fix group-modify event to honour ibays group assignment.
113    - Don't exit 99 from e-smith-service script when called with
114      'condrestart' and service is disabled.
115    - Correct the ldif file expansion for groups to include the uid element
116      and fix the objectClass.
117    - Apply patch to allow rsync v3.0+ to work (needs -e parameter).
118    - Add random wait timer for check4updates script to distribute load on
119      ibiblio.
120    - Update Clamav to latest version.  
121    - Update yum to handle CentOS 4 moving to the vault.
122    
123  $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 $


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