cdrom.image/sme8/README.txt

SME Server 8.0 Beta 6 Release Notes
===================================

July 11 2010

The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of
SME Server 8.0beta6 which is based on CentOS 5.5 and will be the next
major release of SME Server. This is the final planned Beta for SME 8.

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 beta to a
   dedicated test machine and take part in the 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. Upgrading from previous releases should only be done on clean
   machines without contribs or other modifications. Issues with
   upgrading from clean SME machines can be reported in the bug
   tracker, but detailed reviews of upgrading paths will not start
   until Release Candidate versions are made available.

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

5. 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 Beta 5 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 beta 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 beta 6
=======================
The policy is to stick with upstream updates unless there are compelling
reasons not to. The number of customers unable to run the software they
want because of the Samba and PHP versions constituted a compelling
reason.

Samba 3x:
The Samba packages have reverted to those provided by CentOS to simplify
the support needed. This version of samba provides support for Windows 7
domain logins.

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 5.

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
-------
- Update backup instructions in server-manager
- Strip spaces from Workstation Backup hostname
- Fix error causing restore to report failed where it was complete
- Check if local USB disk is mounted in backup panel
- Fix removal of leading slash in storage location
- Add system name in Workstation Backups email
- To: field missing from header in Workstation Backups email

File Server
-----------
- Remove require strong key part of regedit file
- Use samba3x package for windows 7 compatibility
- Backup all the tdb files (thanks Daniel)
- Post scriptlet fix
- Explicitly declare samba private dir
- Fix tdb file paths to backup in run script
- Add dependency /usr/bin/tdbbackup

Localisation
------------
- Add Hebrew language
- Fix translation of local nic string in console
- Other fixes include updated translations for the existing languages.

Mail Server
-----------
- Fix migrate fragment
- Set smtp-auth-proxy Debug property to disabled instead of 0
- Fix HeloHost patch.
- Block by default the SMTP transparent proxy
- Updated templates to reflect changes in imp 4.3.7
- Update to 0.84
- add sme specific patches
- Add qpsmtpd template fragment for tls_before_auth
- Remove cron.daily jobs that are no longer needed
- Newer spamassassin imports keys on install
- Update email addresses on domain change (thanks Daniel)
- New option to block outgoing SMTP connections

Server manager
--------------
- Improve the HTML formatting of the modify quota panel

Webmail and Groupware
---------------------
- Updated to Horde 3.3.8
- Updated to imp 4.3.7
- Update to Ingo 1.2.4
- Updated to Turba 2.3.4
- Upgrade horde templates to reflect changes in Horde 3.3.8
- Update e-smith-ingo templates to reflect changes in Ingo 1.2.4
- Patch that adds the ability to have a local LDAP Group Address book.
- Patch to template attributes.php to add ability to have multiple email
  values for a contact. Separate entries with a comma and a space
- Update to freebusy info in sources.php

Web Server
----------
No updates

Other fixes and updates
-----------------------
- FreeBusy patch fix (save account changes)
- Handle no network interface scenario in console
- Patch that will remove all FreeBusy references from e-smith-base.
- Fix ldap-create errors when adding empty groups
- Update admin information (thanks Daniel)
- Fix indentation in S25ldap-update script
- Don't try to save ibay password to ldap
- Fix %postun typo
- Do not allow pool.ntp.org as NTP server
- Prepare for obsoletion of magic_quotes* when we supply PHP 5.3.0+
- Fix missing space causing errors parsing the iptables rules
- Rework 91adjustPortForward template fragment
- Add migrate fragment for centos excludes
- Fix migrate fragment to not throw warnings
- Fix yum database removal (missing one)
- Migrate MirrorList properties to sme8 repos
- Remove BaseURL properties if migrating to sme8 repos
- Remove yum databases and repodata if migrating to sme8 repos

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

- Based on CentOS 5.5 and all available updates

$Id: README.txt,v 1.4 2010/03/05 22:02:58 wellsi Exp $


1	wellsi	1.5	SME Server 8.0 Beta 6 Release Notes
2	wellsi	1.2	===================================
3
4	wellsi	1.5	July 11 2010
5	wellsi	1.2
6			The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of
7	wellsi	1.5	SME Server 8.0beta6 which is based on CentOS 5.5 and will be the next
8			major release of SME Server. This is the final planned Beta for SME 8.
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	1.5	1. SME Server users should not upgrade production servers to this
19			release but those who can are encouraged to load the beta to a
20			dedicated test machine and take part in the testing phase.
21
22			2. CentOS 5 has dropped support for i586 and therefore SME Server 8
23	wellsi	1.3	will not work on i586 hardware. [See bugzilla:2845]. i586 hardware
24			means processors before and including Intel Pentium, Pentium MMX;
25			AMD K5, K6, K6-II, K6-III and Via C3. i686 architecture processors
26			are Intel Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III; AMD Athlon,
27			Athlon XP and later.
28
29	wellsi	1.5	3. Upgrading from previous releases should only be done on clean
30	wellsi	1.3	machines without contribs or other modifications. Issues with
31			upgrading from clean SME machines can be reported in the bug
32			tracker, but detailed reviews of upgrading paths will not start
33			until Release Candidate versions are made available.
34
35	wellsi	1.5	4. Some notes on on SME 8 including help on upgrades can be found at
36			http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8
37	wellsi	1.4
38	wellsi	1.5	5. Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing,
39			during this time you may experience problems.
40	wellsi	1.4	You can download SME8.0 Beta 5 from
41			http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/8/iso/i386/
42	wellsi	1.5	or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8
43	wellsi	1.4
44	wellsi	1.3	***************************
45	wellsi	1.2
46			About SME Server
47			================
48
49			SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium
50	wellsi	1.4	enterprises.
51	wellsi	1.2
52	wellsi	1.5	SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and
53			is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.
54	wellsi	1.2	However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on
55			meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.
56
57			As such, we ask for a small donation to offset costs and fund further
58			development.
59
60	wellsi	1.4	Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate.
61	wellsi	1.2
62	wellsi	1.3	Thanks and a plea for help
63			==========================
64
65			The development team would like to thank all of those who have involved
66			themselves with this beta release. At this stage in development the role
67	wellsi	1.5	of testers is vital; the final release date and the stability and
68			quality of the new version depend on full and thorough testing by all
69			levels of users, right from beginners who may be confused by, and draw
70			the developers
71	wellsi	1.3	attention to, insufficiently transparent system design, up to seasoned
72			and skilled users who can probe the system deeply. Bug triage and
73			verification testing needs lots of community involvement; please try to
74			spare some time to this vital aspect of our community's future.
75
76	wellsi	1.5	This release, which is based on a major update of the Centos Core,
77			contains many new features. Please run Software Installer in Server
78			Manager regularly during testing to be sure your system reflects the
79			latest stage of development.
80	wellsi	1.3
81	wellsi	1.5	Major changes in beta 6
82	wellsi	1.4	=======================
83	wellsi	1.5	The policy is to stick with upstream updates unless there are compelling
84			reasons not to. The number of customers unable to run the software they
85			want because of the Samba and PHP versions constituted a compelling
86			reason.
87
88			Samba 3x:
89			The Samba packages have reverted to those provided by CentOS to simplify
90			the support needed. This version of samba provides support for Windows 7
91			domain logins.
92	wellsi	1.4
93	wellsi	1.2	Changes in this release
94			=======================
95
96	wellsi	1.5	This section of this README file lists all package changes carried out
97			by SME-associated developers since SME Server 8.0 Beta 5.
98
99			The package changelogs often included earlier changes and changes
100			carried out by non-SME-associated developers; these were removed to
101			shorten the list. Packages recently altered by Centos, Redhat, and
102			Fedora-associated developers are not included.
103
104			Backups
105			-------
106			- Update backup instructions in server-manager
107			- Strip spaces from Workstation Backup hostname
108			- Fix error causing restore to report failed where it was complete
109			- Check if local USB disk is mounted in backup panel
110			- Fix removal of leading slash in storage location
111			- Add system name in Workstation Backups email
112			- To: field missing from header in Workstation Backups email
113
114			File Server
115			-----------
116			- Remove require strong key part of regedit file
117			- Use samba3x package for windows 7 compatibility
118			- Backup all the tdb files (thanks Daniel)
119			- Post scriptlet fix
120			- Explicitly declare samba private dir
121			- Fix tdb file paths to backup in run script
122			- Add dependency /usr/bin/tdbbackup
123
124			Localisation
125			------------
126			- Add Hebrew language
127			- Fix translation of local nic string in console
128			- Other fixes include updated translations for the existing languages.
129
130			Mail Server
131			-----------
132			- Fix migrate fragment
133			- Set smtp-auth-proxy Debug property to disabled instead of 0
134			- Fix HeloHost patch.
135			- Block by default the SMTP transparent proxy
136			- Updated templates to reflect changes in imp 4.3.7
137			- Update to 0.84
138	wellsi	1.4	- add sme specific patches
139	wellsi	1.5	- Add qpsmtpd template fragment for tls_before_auth
140			- Remove cron.daily jobs that are no longer needed
141			- Newer spamassassin imports keys on install
142			- Update email addresses on domain change (thanks Daniel)
143			- New option to block outgoing SMTP connections
144
145			Server manager
146			--------------
147			- Improve the HTML formatting of the modify quota panel
148
149			Webmail and Groupware
150			---------------------
151			- Updated to Horde 3.3.8
152			- Updated to imp 4.3.7
153			- Update to Ingo 1.2.4
154			- Updated to Turba 2.3.4
155			- Upgrade horde templates to reflect changes in Horde 3.3.8
156			- Update e-smith-ingo templates to reflect changes in Ingo 1.2.4
157			- Patch that adds the ability to have a local LDAP Group Address book.
158			- Patch to template attributes.php to add ability to have multiple email
159			values for a contact. Separate entries with a comma and a space
160			- Update to freebusy info in sources.php
161
162			Web Server
163			----------
164			No updates
165
166			Other fixes and updates
167			-----------------------
168			- FreeBusy patch fix (save account changes)
169			- Handle no network interface scenario in console
170			- Patch that will remove all FreeBusy references from e-smith-base.
171			- Fix ldap-create errors when adding empty groups
172			- Update admin information (thanks Daniel)
173			- Fix indentation in S25ldap-update script
174			- Don't try to save ibay password to ldap
175			- Fix %postun typo
176			- Do not allow pool.ntp.org as NTP server
177			- Prepare for obsoletion of magic_quotes* when we supply PHP 5.3.0+
178			- Fix missing space causing errors parsing the iptables rules
179			- Rework 91adjustPortForward template fragment
180			- Add migrate fragment for centos excludes
181			- Fix migrate fragment to not throw warnings
182			- Fix yum database removal (missing one)
183			- Migrate MirrorList properties to sme8 repos
184			- Remove BaseURL properties if migrating to sme8 repos
185			- Remove yum databases and repodata if migrating to sme8 repos
186	wellsi	1.2
187			General features
188			================
189
190	wellsi	1.5	- Based on CentOS 5.5 and all available updates
191
192			$Id: README.txt,v 1.4 2010/03/05 22:02:58 wellsi Exp $
193
194
195
196
197	wellsi	1.2