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June 2009 |
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The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of |
The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of |
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SME Server 8.0 Beta 4. This release is based on CentOS 5.3 and all packages |
SME Server 8.0 Beta 4 which will be the next major release of SME Server. |
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have been updated to the latest releases. |
This release is based on CentOS 5.3 and all packages have been updated |
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to the latest releases. |
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SME Server users should not upgrade production servers to this release |
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but those who can are encouraged to load the beta to a dedicated test |
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Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised |
Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised in the bug |
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in the bug tracker (and only there, please); |
tracker (and only there, please); |
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http://bugs.contribs.org/ |
http://bugs.contribs.org/ |
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Please be sure to choose 'SME Server Release 8.X' |
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Testers Please Note the following... |
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1. CentOS 5 has dropped support for i586 and therefore SME Server 8 |
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will not work on i586 hardware. [See bugzilla:2845]. i586 hardware |
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means processors before and including Intel Pentium, Pentium MMX; |
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AMD K5, K6, K6-II, K6-III and Via C3. i686 architecture processors |
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are Intel Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III; AMD Athlon, |
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Athlon XP and later. |
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2. Upgrading from previous releases should only be done on clean |
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machines without contribs or other modifications. Issues with |
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upgrading from clean SME machines can be reported in the bug |
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tracker, but detailed reviews of upgrading paths will not start |
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until Release Candidate versions are made available. |
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Some notes on upgrading from Release 7 can be found |
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at http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8 |
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About SME Server |
About SME Server |
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Please visit http://www.smeserver.org/donate/ to donate. |
Please visit http://www.smeserver.org/donate/ to donate. |
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Thanks and a plea for help |
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The development team would like to thank all of those who have involved |
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themselves with this beta release. At this stage in development the role |
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of testers is vital; the final release date and the stability and quality |
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of the new version depend on full and thorough testing by all levels of |
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users, right from beginners who may be confused by, and draw the developers |
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attention to, insufficiently transparent system design, up to seasoned |
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and skilled users who can probe the system deeply. Bug triage and |
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verification testing needs lots of community involvement; please try to |
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spare some time to this vital aspect of our community's future. |
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This release, which is based on a major update of CentOS, contains |
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many new features. Please run Software Installer in Server Manager |
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regularly during testing to be sure your system reflects the latest stage |
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of development. |
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Changes in this release |
Changes in this release |
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- Based on CentOS 5.3 and all available updates |
- Based on CentOS 5.3 and all available updates |
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$Id: README.txt,v 1.1 2009/06/06 23:51:54 slords Exp $ |
$Id: README.txt,v 1.2 2009/06/14 21:31:08 wellsi Exp $ |
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