--- cdrom.image/sme8/README.txt 2010/07/15 07:58:07 1.7 +++ cdrom.image/sme8/README.txt 2013/07/03 02:58:39 1.16 @@ -1,49 +1,16 @@ -SME Server 8.0 Beta 6 Release Notes -=================================== +SME Server 8.1 Release Notes +============================ -July 18 2010 +04 July 2013 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. +SME Server 8.1 which is based on CentOS 5.9 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. - -4. Testers are now encouraged to test upgrade paths and to start testing - contribs. They are not certain to work so only try on test servers. - Please raise all issues found in the bug tracker. - -5. Some notes on on SME 8 including help on upgrades can be found at - http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8 - -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 Beta 6 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 ================ @@ -60,126 +27,143 @@ development. Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate. -Thanks and a plea for help -========================== +Thanks +====== 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. +themselves with this release. + +Notes +===== -Major changes in beta 6 +1. 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. + +2. Some notes on SME 8 including help on upgrades can be found at + http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8 + +3. Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing, + during this time you may experience problems. + You can download SME8.1 from + http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/8/iso/i386/ + or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8 + +Major changes since 8.0 ======================= -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. +* TBD + 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. +Packages altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are +not included. Backups ------- -- Restoring from a Workstation Backup showed a false failure. -- Workstation Backup emails now include a To: header and includes the - system name in the subject line. -- Update backup instructions in server-manager. -- The Workstation Backup panel now removes leading and trailing spaces - from the hostname. -- Fix removal of leading slash in storage location. -- The Workstation backup to USB panel no longer presents mounted disks. -- Only define Workstation Backup temporary directory once. -- Remove relocate_samba_file and all references to /etc/smbpasswd. +- Add second sleep to fix MS Vista issues, patch by Terry Fage +- Allow full backup to occur on Sunday +- Console USB Backup, allow user setting of compression level File Server ----------- -- Use samba3x package for windows 7 compatibility. -- Remove require strong key part of regedit file. -- Backup all the samba tdb files. -- Add dependency /usr/bin/tdbbackup. +- Revert previous change. +- Add ability to configure waiting for network Win7 registry option +- Remove samba_audit specific loglotate configuration +- Enable smb auditing per ibay +- Update dependency to /usr/bin/tdbbackup12 + +LDAP (Optional in SME 8, and considered experimental) +---- Localisation ------------ -- Add Chinese (Taiwan) language (zh_TW). -- Add Hebrew language (he). -- Fix translation of local nic string in console. -- Other fixes include updated translations for the existing languages. +*** NONE *** Mail Server ----------- -- Disable by default the SMTP transparent proxy, however upgrades from - sme7 will retain old default behavior where SMTP connections will be - transparently proxied. -- Implement a database key (TlsBeforeAuth) to allow SMTP - Authentication without TLS. The default remains to require TLS before - Auth (introduced in SME 8Beta5). -- Update qpsmtpd to 0.84 -- Config setting to enable SMTP to ISP Authentication Debug now uses - enabled/disabled for clarity. -- Fix HeloHost patch. -- Remove cron.daily jobs that are no longer needed. -- Update email addresses on domain change. +- Always enable imap, listen on the loopback if disabled +- Avoid use of unitialised variables in smtp migrate fragments +- Allow smtp_auth_proxy to use port 587 with STARTTLS, by Charlie Brady +- Allow blacklist of SMTP AUTH methods, replaces previous patch +- Remove imap-relocate-maildirs action as obsolete and slow +- Don't use SSL over loopback +- Easier to read version of softlimit patch +- More robust version of softlimit patch +- Softlimit is now a database variable for pop3 and pop3s +- Reverse change in Template Qmail MaxMessageSize +- modify domain style pseudonyms to point to the correct user, by Filippo Carletti +- Template Qmail MaxMessageSize +- smeserver-qpsmtpd reads MaxMessageSize prop of spamassassin and adds it +to the arguments of the plugin if defined, patch by Daniel +- Revert the 2.2.0-14 change and fix properly in e-smith-base +- tls ciphers defaults to disallow SSLv2 +- Reverse changes in 2.2.0-6 and fix how qpsmtpd tags spam email, codes by Charlie Brady Server manager -------------- -- Improve the HTML formatting of the modify quota panel. +- Do not load mod_ssl +- Correct processing of server-manager URL +- Fix more uninitialized warnings from HTML.pm, from Charlie Brady +- Remove log noise from Create starter web site panel Webmail and Groupware --------------------- -- Updated to Horde 3.3.8 -- Updated to imp 4.3.7 -- Updated to Ingo 1.2.4 -- Updated to Turba 2.3.4 -- Add the ability to have a local LDAP Group Address book. -- Templated 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 +- Disable index listing of Apache icons folder Other fixes and updates ----------------------- -- Handle no network interface scenario in console. -- Fix ldap-create errors when adding empty groups. -- The LDAP information for admin was not being updated. -- Don't try to save ibay password to LDAP. -- 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. -- Migrate MirrorList properties to sme8 repos. -- Remove BaseURL properties if migrating to sme8 repos. -- Remove yum databases and repodata if migrating to sme8 repos. +- Use UTF-8 in the console, by Daniel Berteaud +- Update ServerName (Samba netbios name) when SystemName is updated +- Remove old System Name from the Hosts DB, by Charlie Brady +- Prevent emailing about the normal, weekly, checks of RAID arrays, +by Mark Casey +- Fix init-account script when LDAP auth is enabled +- Fix group creation/modification when LDAP auth is enabled +- Add_template_to_ssl.pem +- Ensure existing_hwaddr is always initialized +- In the console refer to removable media instead of USB disk +- Optimize user-modify-unix script and link it in bootstrap-ldap-save +- Post-upgrades not fired after restore from console +- Correction for when DB value is lower than MIN_MEMORY_LIMIT +- Simplified patch after review comments +- Updated previous patch to avoid migrate fragment +- Increase memory limit for pppoe to 100Mb +- Template /etc/updatedb.conf +- Make CipherSuite secure by default +- D-root is changing its IPv4 address +- Wait for slapd to be ready before running bootstrap-ldap-save +- Add missing dependency on openldap-servers +- Fix removing old BDB log files +- Remove unused BDB log files +- Improve error checking in isValidIP +- Prevent multiple instances of the masq script running, +patch by Charlie Brady +- Force magic_quotes Off +- Ensure Deny from all is on its own line in 15LimitLOGIN +- Workaround a deficiency in the proftpd package where it doesn't +handle long lines correctly in its configuration file. +Fix submitted by Charlie Brady +- Remove previous change +- Add VRoot engine to avoid pam log error +- Add php53-* provides to provide compatibility +- Obsolete php-domxml and php-dom +- Update Obsoletes and Conflicts General features ================ -- Based on CentOS 5.5 and all available updates +- Based on CentOS 5.9 and all available updates + +$Id: README.txt,v 1.15 2012/05/22 07:46:08 wellsi Exp $ + -$Id: README.txt,v 1.6 2010/07/12 20:08:18 wellsi Exp $