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SME 8 Beta 6 Release Notes

1 wellsi 1.5 SME Server 8.0 Beta 6 Release Notes
2 wellsi 1.2 ===================================
3    
4 wellsi 1.8 August 20 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 1.8 1. SME Server users currently on SME Server 8.0 Beta 5 have to perform
19     one manual step before upgrading due to the change of samba.
20     See http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8#Upgrading_samba
21    
22     2. SME Server users should not upgrade production servers to this
23 wellsi 1.5 release but those who can are encouraged to load the beta to a
24     dedicated test machine and take part in the testing phase.
25    
26 wellsi 1.8 3. CentOS 5 has dropped support for i586 and therefore SME Server 8
27 wellsi 1.3 will not work on i586 hardware. [See bugzilla:2845]. i586 hardware
28     means processors before and including Intel Pentium, Pentium MMX;
29     AMD K5, K6, K6-II, K6-III and Via C3. i686 architecture processors
30     are Intel Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III; AMD Athlon,
31     Athlon XP and later.
32    
33 wellsi 1.8 4. Upgrading from previous releases should only be done on clean
34     machines without contribs or other modifications.
35 wellsi 1.3
36 wellsi 1.8 5. Testers are now encouraged to test upgrade paths and to start testing
37 wellsi 1.7 contribs. They are not certain to work so only try on test servers.
38     Please raise all issues found in the bug tracker.
39    
40 wellsi 1.8 6. Some notes on SME 8 including help on upgrades can be found at
41 wellsi 1.5 http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8
42 wellsi 1.4
43 wellsi 1.8 7. Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing,
44 wellsi 1.5 during this time you may experience problems.
45 wellsi 1.6 You can download SME8.0 Beta 6 from
46 wellsi 1.4 http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/8/iso/i386/
47 wellsi 1.5 or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8
48 wellsi 1.4
49 wellsi 1.3 ***************************
50 wellsi 1.2
51     About SME Server
52     ================
53    
54     SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium
55 wellsi 1.4 enterprises.
56 wellsi 1.2
57 wellsi 1.5 SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and
58     is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.
59 wellsi 1.2 However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on
60     meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.
61    
62     As such, we ask for a small donation to offset costs and fund further
63     development.
64    
65 wellsi 1.4 Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate.
66 wellsi 1.2
67 wellsi 1.3 Thanks and a plea for help
68     ==========================
69    
70     The development team would like to thank all of those who have involved
71     themselves with this beta release. At this stage in development the role
72 wellsi 1.5 of testers is vital; the final release date and the stability and
73     quality of the new version depend on full and thorough testing by all
74     levels of users, right from beginners who may be confused by, and draw
75 wellsi 1.6 the developers attention to, insufficiently transparent system design,
76     up to seasoned and skilled users who can probe the system deeply. Bug
77     triage and verification testing needs lots of community involvement;
78     please try to spare some time to this vital aspect of our community's
79     future.
80 wellsi 1.3
81 wellsi 1.8 This release, which is based on a major update of the CentOS Core,
82 wellsi 1.5 contains many new features. Please run Software Installer in Server
83     Manager regularly during testing to be sure your system reflects the
84     latest stage of development.
85 wellsi 1.3
86 wellsi 1.5 Major changes in beta 6
87 wellsi 1.4 =======================
88 wellsi 1.5 The policy is to stick with upstream updates unless there are compelling
89     reasons not to. The number of customers unable to run the software they
90     want because of the Samba and PHP versions constituted a compelling
91     reason.
92    
93     Samba 3x:
94     The Samba packages have reverted to those provided by CentOS to simplify
95     the support needed. This version of samba provides support for Windows 7
96 wellsi 1.8 domain logins. http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8#Upgrading_samba
97    
98 wellsi 1.4
99 wellsi 1.2 Changes in this release
100     =======================
101    
102 wellsi 1.5 This section of this README file lists all package changes carried out
103     by SME-associated developers since SME Server 8.0 Beta 5.
104    
105     The package changelogs often included earlier changes and changes
106     carried out by non-SME-associated developers; these were removed to
107 wellsi 1.8 shorten the list. Packages recently altered by CentOS, Redhat, and
108 wellsi 1.5 Fedora-associated developers are not included.
109    
110     Backups
111     -------
112 wellsi 1.6 - Restoring from a Workstation Backup showed a false failure.
113 wellsi 1.8 - Workstation Backup emails include a To: header.
114     - Workstation Backup includes the system name and also indicates failure
115     if applicable in the subject line of the email.
116 wellsi 1.6 - Update backup instructions in server-manager.
117     - The Workstation Backup panel now removes leading and trailing spaces
118     from the hostname.
119     - Fix removal of leading slash in storage location.
120     - The Workstation backup to USB panel no longer presents mounted disks.
121 wellsi 1.7 - Only define Workstation Backup temporary directory once.
122     - Remove relocate_samba_file and all references to /etc/smbpasswd.
123 wellsi 1.5
124     File Server
125     -----------
126 wellsi 1.6 - Use samba3x package for windows 7 compatibility.
127     - Remove require strong key part of regedit file.
128     - Backup all the samba tdb files.
129     - Add dependency /usr/bin/tdbbackup.
130 wellsi 1.5
131     Localisation
132     ------------
133 wellsi 1.7 - Add Chinese (Taiwan) language (zh_TW).
134     - Add Hebrew language (he).
135 wellsi 1.6 - Fix translation of local nic string in console.
136 wellsi 1.5 - Other fixes include updated translations for the existing languages.
137    
138     Mail Server
139     -----------
140 wellsi 1.6 - Disable by default the SMTP transparent proxy, however upgrades from
141     sme7 will retain old default behavior where SMTP connections will be
142     transparently proxied.
143     - Implement a database key (TlsBeforeAuth) to allow SMTP
144     Authentication without TLS. The default remains to require TLS before
145     Auth (introduced in SME 8Beta5).
146     - Update qpsmtpd to 0.84
147     - Config setting to enable SMTP to ISP Authentication Debug now uses
148     enabled/disabled for clarity.
149 wellsi 1.5 - Fix HeloHost patch.
150 wellsi 1.6 - Remove cron.daily jobs that are no longer needed.
151     - Update email addresses on domain change.
152 wellsi 1.8 - Work around how qpsmtpd tags spam email.
153 wellsi 1.5
154     Server manager
155     --------------
156 wellsi 1.6 - Improve the HTML formatting of the modify quota panel.
157 wellsi 1.8 - Remove empty <p> tag from footer template.
158 wellsi 1.5
159     Webmail and Groupware
160     ---------------------
161     - Updated to Horde 3.3.8
162     - Updated to imp 4.3.7
163 wellsi 1.6 - Updated to Ingo 1.2.4
164 wellsi 1.5 - Updated to Turba 2.3.4
165 wellsi 1.6 - Add the ability to have a local LDAP Group Address book.
166     - Templated attributes.php to add ability to have multiple email
167     values for a contact. Separate entries with a comma and a space.
168 wellsi 1.5 - Update to freebusy info in sources.php
169 wellsi 1.8 - Update to remove turbaContact info that SME is not using.
170 wellsi 1.5
171     Web Server
172     ----------
173 wellsi 1.8 - Default expose_php in php.ini to Off.
174 wellsi 1.5
175     Other fixes and updates
176     -----------------------
177 wellsi 1.6 - Handle no network interface scenario in console.
178     - Fix ldap-create errors when adding empty groups.
179     - The LDAP information for admin was not being updated.
180     - Don't try to save ibay password to LDAP.
181     - Do not allow pool.ntp.org as NTP server.
182 wellsi 1.5 - Prepare for obsoletion of magic_quotes* when we supply PHP 5.3.0+
183 wellsi 1.6 - Fix missing space causing errors parsing the iptables rules.
184     - Migrate MirrorList properties to sme8 repos.
185     - Remove BaseURL properties if migrating to sme8 repos.
186     - Remove yum databases and repodata if migrating to sme8 repos.
187 wellsi 1.8 - Enable cpuspeed by default.
188     - Fix scriplet error in e-smith-service script when service is disabled.
189     - Allow use of CNAME in remote hosts.
190     - Add Obsoletes for php5-cgi-{imap,ldap,mysql,pear,xmlrpc}.
191 wellsi 1.2
192     General features
193     ================
194    
195 wellsi 1.5 - Based on CentOS 5.5 and all available updates
196    
197 wellsi 1.8 $Id: README.txt,v 1.7 2010/07/15 07:58:07 wellsi Exp $
198 wellsi 1.7

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