cdrom.image/sme8/README.txt

SME Server 8.0 Release Candidate 1 Release Notes
================================================

20 March 2012

The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of
SME Server 8.0RC1 which is based on CentOS 5.8 and will be the next
major release of SME Server. 

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

    http://bugs.contribs.org/

***************************
Testers Please Note the following...

1. SME Server users should not upgrade production servers to this
   release but those who can are encouraged to load the 
   Release Candidate to a dedicated test machine and take part 
   in the final testing phase.

2. CentOS 5 has dropped support for i586 and therefore SME Server 8
   will not work on i586 hardware. [See bugzilla:2845]. i586 hardware
   means processors before and including Intel Pentium, Pentium MMX;
   AMD K5, K6, K6-II, K6-III and Via C3. i686 architecture processors
   are Intel Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III; AMD Athlon,
   Athlon XP and later.

3. Some notes on SME 8 including help on upgrades can be found at
   http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8

4. Upgrading from previous releases should only be done on clean
   machines without contribs or other modifications.

5. Testers are now encouraged to test upgrade paths and to start testing
   contribs. Please raise all issues found in the bug tracker.

6. Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing,
   during this time you may experience problems.
   You can download SME8.0 RC 1 from
   http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/8/iso/i386/
   or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8

***************************

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.

As such, we ask for a small donation to offset costs and fund further
development.

Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate.

Thanks and a plea for help
==========================

The development team would like to thank all of those who have involved
themselves with this release. At this stage in development the role
of testers is vital; the final release date and the stability and
quality of the new version depend on full and thorough testing by all
levels of users, right from beginners who may be confused by, and draw
the developers attention to, insufficiently transparent system design,
up to seasoned and skilled users who can probe the system deeply. Bug
triage and verification testing needs lots of community involvement;
please try to spare some time to this vital aspect of our community's
future.

This release, which is based on a major update of the Centos Core,
contains many new features. Please run Software Installer in Server
Manager regularly during testing to be sure your system reflects the
latest stage of development.

Major changes in RC 1
=====================
* No major changes were introduced for RC 1

Changes in this release
=======================

This section of this README file lists all package changes carried out
by SME-associated developers since SME Server 8.0 Beta 7.

The package changelogs often included earlier changes and changes
carried out by non-SME-associated developers; these were removed to
shorten the list. Packages recently altered by Centos, Redhat, and
Fedora-associated developers are not included.

Backups
-------
- Provide support for Selective Restore with modern browsers
- Remove default index.htm from Primary ibay before restore
- Allow backup reports to go to an alternate user instead of admin
  for Workstation Backups 

File Server
-----------
- Gracefully handle upgrades from SerNet Samba (SME7 TO SME8 VITH YUM)

LDAP (Optional in SME 8, and considered experimental)
----
None

Localisation
------------
None

Mail Server
-----------
- Provide option to force the smtp proxy not to use CRAM-MD5
     config setprop smtp-auth-proxy PeerPort <port nr>
     config setprop smtp-auth-proxy MD5Patch enabled
- Fix mail to domain pseudonyms pointing to group with dot in name
- Fix Mail Log File Analysis reports

Server manager
--------------
None

Webmail and Groupware
---------------------
None

Web Server
----------
- Enable automatic redirection for /server-resources

Other fixes and updates
-----------------------
- Add MAC address into console network selection
- Fix non-translated locale in ibays panel
- Improve error message for quota 
- Obsolete smeserver-php5-cgi & php-mcrypt 

General features
================

- Based on CentOS 5.8 and all available updates

$Id: README.txt,v 1.13 2012/03/19 06:01:41 wellsi Exp $


1	wellsi	1.13	SME Server 8.0 Release Candidate 1 Release Notes
2			================================================
3	wellsi	1.2
4	wellsi	1.13	20 March 2012
5	wellsi	1.2
6			The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of
7	wellsi	1.14	SME Server 8.0RC1 which is based on CentOS 5.8 and will be the next
8	wellsi	1.13	major release of SME Server.
9	wellsi	1.2
10	wellsi	1.3	Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised in the bug
11			tracker (and only there, please);
12	wellsi	1.2
13			http://bugs.contribs.org/
14
15	wellsi	1.3	***************************
16			Testers Please Note the following...
17
18	wellsi	1.9	1. SME Server users should not upgrade production servers to this
19	wellsi	1.14	release but those who can are encouraged to load the
20			Release Candidate to a dedicated test machine and take part
21			in the final testing phase.
22	wellsi	1.5
23	wellsi	1.9	2. CentOS 5 has dropped support for i586 and therefore SME Server 8
24	wellsi	1.3	will not work on i586 hardware. [See bugzilla:2845]. i586 hardware
25			means processors before and including Intel Pentium, Pentium MMX;
26			AMD K5, K6, K6-II, K6-III and Via C3. i686 architecture processors
27			are Intel Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III; AMD Athlon,
28			Athlon XP and later.
29
30	wellsi	1.10	3. Some notes on SME 8 including help on upgrades can be found at
31			http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8
32
33			4. Upgrading from previous releases should only be done on clean
34	wellsi	1.9	machines without contribs or other modifications.
35	wellsi	1.3
36	wellsi	1.10	5. Testers are now encouraged to test upgrade paths and to start testing
37	wellsi	1.13	contribs. Please raise all issues found in the bug tracker.
38	wellsi	1.7
39	wellsi	1.9	6. Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing,
40	wellsi	1.5	during this time you may experience problems.
41	wellsi	1.13	You can download SME8.0 RC 1 from
42	wellsi	1.4	http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/8/iso/i386/
43	wellsi	1.5	or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8
44	wellsi	1.4
45	wellsi	1.3	***************************
46	wellsi	1.2
47			About SME Server
48			================
49
50			SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium
51	wellsi	1.4	enterprises.
52	wellsi	1.2
53	wellsi	1.5	SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and
54			is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.
55	wellsi	1.2	However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on
56			meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.
57
58			As such, we ask for a small donation to offset costs and fund further
59			development.
60
61	wellsi	1.4	Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate.
62	wellsi	1.2
63	wellsi	1.3	Thanks and a plea for help
64			==========================
65
66			The development team would like to thank all of those who have involved
67	wellsi	1.14	themselves with this release. At this stage in development the role
68	wellsi	1.5	of testers is vital; the final release date and the stability and
69			quality of the new version depend on full and thorough testing by all
70			levels of users, right from beginners who may be confused by, and draw
71	wellsi	1.6	the developers attention to, insufficiently transparent system design,
72			up to seasoned and skilled users who can probe the system deeply. Bug
73			triage and verification testing needs lots of community involvement;
74			please try to spare some time to this vital aspect of our community's
75			future.
76	wellsi	1.3
77	wellsi	1.9	This release, which is based on a major update of the Centos Core,
78	wellsi	1.5	contains many new features. Please run Software Installer in Server
79			Manager regularly during testing to be sure your system reflects the
80			latest stage of development.
81	wellsi	1.3
82	wellsi	1.13	Major changes in RC 1
83			=====================
84			* No major changes were introduced for RC 1
85	wellsi	1.4
86	wellsi	1.2	Changes in this release
87			=======================
88
89	wellsi	1.5	This section of this README file lists all package changes carried out
90	wellsi	1.13	by SME-associated developers since SME Server 8.0 Beta 7.
91	wellsi	1.5
92			The package changelogs often included earlier changes and changes
93			carried out by non-SME-associated developers; these were removed to
94	wellsi	1.9	shorten the list. Packages recently altered by Centos, Redhat, and
95	wellsi	1.5	Fedora-associated developers are not included.
96
97			Backups
98			-------
99	wellsi	1.13	- Provide support for Selective Restore with modern browsers
100			- Remove default index.htm from Primary ibay before restore
101			- Allow backup reports to go to an alternate user instead of admin
102			for Workstation Backups
103	wellsi	1.5
104			File Server
105			-----------
106	wellsi	1.13	- Gracefully handle upgrades from SerNet Samba (SME7 TO SME8 VITH YUM)
107	wellsi	1.10
108			LDAP (Optional in SME 8, and considered experimental)
109			----
110	wellsi	1.13	None
111	wellsi	1.5
112			Localisation
113			------------
114	wellsi	1.13	None
115	wellsi	1.5
116			Mail Server
117			-----------
118	wellsi	1.13	- Provide option to force the smtp proxy not to use CRAM-MD5
119			config setprop smtp-auth-proxy PeerPort <port nr>
120			config setprop smtp-auth-proxy MD5Patch enabled
121			- Fix mail to domain pseudonyms pointing to group with dot in name
122			- Fix Mail Log File Analysis reports
123	wellsi	1.5
124			Server manager
125			--------------
126	wellsi	1.13	None
127	wellsi	1.5
128			Webmail and Groupware
129			---------------------
130	wellsi	1.13	None
131	wellsi	1.5
132			Web Server
133			----------
134	wellsi	1.13	- Enable automatic redirection for /server-resources
135	wellsi	1.5
136			Other fixes and updates
137			-----------------------
138	wellsi	1.13	- Add MAC address into console network selection
139			- Fix non-translated locale in ibays panel
140			- Improve error message for quota
141			- Obsolete smeserver-php5-cgi & php-mcrypt
142	wellsi	1.2
143			General features
144			================
145
146	wellsi	1.14	- Based on CentOS 5.8 and all available updates
147	wellsi	1.10
148	wellsi	1.14	$Id: README.txt,v 1.13 2012/03/19 06:01:41 wellsi Exp $
149	wellsi	1.5
150	wellsi	1.7