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1  SME Server 8.0 Beta 4 Release Notes  SME Server 8.0 Beta 6 Release Notes
2  ===================================  ===================================
3    
4  June 2009  August 20 2010
5    
6  The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of  The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of
7  SME Server 8.0 Beta 4 which will be the next major release of SME Server.  SME Server 8.0beta6 which is based on CentOS 5.5 and will be the next
8  This release is based on CentOS 5.3 and all packages have been updated  major release of SME Server. This is the final planned Beta for SME 8.
 to the latest releases.  
   
 ***************************  
 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.  
 ***************************  
9    
10  Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised in the bug  Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised in the bug
11  tracker (and only there, please);  tracker (and only there, please);
12    
13      http://bugs.contribs.org/      http://bugs.contribs.org/
14    
 Please be sure to choose 'SME Server Release 8.X'  
   
15  ***************************  ***************************
16  Testers Please Note the following...  Testers Please Note the following...
17    
18  1. CentOS 5 has dropped support for i586 and therefore SME Server 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       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    3. CentOS 5 has dropped support for i586 and therefore SME Server 8
27     will not work on i586 hardware. [See bugzilla:2845]. i586 hardware     will not work on i586 hardware. [See bugzilla:2845]. i586 hardware
28     means processors before and including Intel Pentium, Pentium MMX;     means processors before and including Intel Pentium, Pentium MMX;
29     AMD K5, K6, K6-II, K6-III and Via C3. i686 architecture processors     AMD K5, K6, K6-II, K6-III and Via C3. i686 architecture processors
30     are Intel Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III; AMD Athlon,     are Intel Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III; AMD Athlon,
31     Athlon XP and later.     Athlon XP and later.
32    
33  2. Upgrading from previous releases should only be done on clean  4. Upgrading from previous releases should only be done on clean
34     machines without contribs or other modifications. Issues with     machines without contribs or other modifications.
35     upgrading from clean SME machines can be reported in the bug  
36     tracker, but detailed reviews of upgrading paths will not start  5. Testers are now encouraged to test upgrade paths and to start testing
37     until Release Candidate versions are made available.     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    6. Some notes on SME 8 including help on upgrades can be found at
41       http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8
42    
43    7. Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing,
44       during this time you may experience problems.
45       You can download SME8.0 Beta 6 from
46       http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/8/iso/i386/
47       or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8
48    
    Some notes on upgrading from Release 7 can be found  
    at http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8  
49  ***************************  ***************************
50    
51  About SME Server  About SME Server
52  ================  ================
53    
54  SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium  SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium
55  enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by SME Server, Inc.  enterprises.
 ( http://www.smeserver.org/ ), a non-profit corporation that exists to  
 provide marketing and legal support for SME Server.  
56    
57  SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License  SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and
58  and is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.  is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.
59  However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on  However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on
60  meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.  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  As such, we ask for a small donation to offset costs and fund further
63  development.  development.
64    
65  Please visit http://www.smeserver.org/donate/ to donate.  Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate.
   
66    
67  Thanks and a plea for help  Thanks and a plea for help
68  ==========================  ==========================
69    
70  The development team would like to thank all of those who have involved  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  themselves with this beta release. At this stage in development the role
72  of testers is vital; the final release date and the stability and quality  of testers is vital; the final release date and the stability and
73  of the new version depend on full and thorough testing by all levels of  quality of the new version depend on full and thorough testing by all
74  users, right from beginners who may be confused by, and draw the developers  levels of users, right from beginners who may be confused by, and draw
75  attention to, insufficiently transparent system design, up to seasoned  the developers attention to, insufficiently transparent system design,
76  and skilled users who can probe the system deeply. Bug triage and  up to seasoned and skilled users who can probe the system deeply. Bug
77  verification testing needs lots of community involvement; please try to  triage and verification testing needs lots of community involvement;
78  spare some time to this vital aspect of our community's future.  please try to spare some time to this vital aspect of our community's
79    future.
80  This release, which is based on a major update of CentOS, contains  
81  many new features. Please run Software Installer in Server Manager  This release, which is based on a major update of the CentOS Core,
82  regularly during testing to be sure your system reflects the latest stage  contains many new features. Please run Software Installer in Server
83  of development.  Manager regularly during testing to be sure your system reflects the
84    latest stage of development.
85    
86    Major changes in beta 6
87    =======================
88    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    domain logins. http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8#Upgrading_samba
97    
98    
99  Changes in this release  Changes in this release
100  =======================  =======================
101    
102  e-smith-apache  This section of this README file lists all package changes carried out
103  - Add option to disable SSLv2 [SME: 5034]  by SME-associated developers since SME Server 8.0 Beta 5.
 - Add OpenOffice2 MIME Types [SME: 5112]  
 - Add OpenOffice MIME Types [SME: 4848]  
 - Add XML MIME Type [SME: 5035]  
 - Fix issues in patch that adds Microsoft Office 2007 MIME types [SME: 4548]  
 - Add Microsoft Office 2007 MIME types [SME: 4548]  
   
 e-smith-backup  
 - Fix DAR e-mail message with regards to incremental backups [SME: 4579]  
 - Fix discrepancy in maximum compression level [SME: 4841]  
   
 e-smith-base  
 - Clean up stray symlinks in /lib/modules before depmod [SME: 5336]  
 - Allow for different mdadm output formats for DeviceSize. [SME: 5230]  
 - Auto-mount USB REV70-drive as usbdisk [SME: 5006]  
   
 e-smith-horde  
 - Updated spec file to remove requires and obsoletes of php-pear-HTTP-Request  
 information moved to e-smith-imp for both sme7 and sme8 [SME: 4821]  
 - Update to Spec file to obsolete smeserver-trean < 0.1-8 [SME: 4860]  
 - Patch to conf.php template to set a blank cookie domain so that FQDN and non-FQDN  
 - access to webmail will work. Remove klutz template from registry.php [SME: 4787]  
 - Upgrade to horde templates to reflect changes in Horde 3.3.2 [SME: 4831]  
   
 e-smith-imap  
 - Move creation of chrooted dev/urandom to spec-file [SME: 1105]  
 - Create chroot dev/urandom for stunnel to use [SME: 1105]  
   
 e-smith-imp  
 - Updated spec file to require php-pear(HTTP_Request) and remove obsolete  
 php-pear-HTTP-Request line. [SME: 4928]  
 - Updated spec file to require php-pear-HTTP-Request to accomodate HTML composition [SME: 4821]  
 - Updated templates to reflect changes in imp 4.3 [SME: 4832]  
   
 e-smith-ldap  
 - Create bdb log directory. [SME: 3018]  
 - Change ldap backend to bdb, and fix initialisation problem.  
 [SME: 3018, 2859]  
   
 e-smith-manager  
 - Fix misinterpretation of display string [SME: 5022]  
   
 e-smith-mysql  
 - Rework log-error logic [SME: 4807]  
 - Fix log-error detection algorithm [SME: 4807]  
   
 e-smith-nutUPS  
 - Fix another instance of ups model for new version of nut [SME: 4750]  
   
 e-smith-openssh  
 - Template sshd login grace time, kept default at 600s [SME: 4903]  
   
 e-smith-qmail  
 - smtproutes template incorrectly uses brackets to avoid MX lookups. [SME: 5257]  
 - Remove qmail-workaround and obsolete it after patch to treat 0.0.0.0 as a  
 local ip [SME: 5171]  
   
 e-smith-quota  
 - Remove unnecessary Mount Proc line. [SME: 4112]  
   
 e-smith-radiusd  
 - Fix owner/perms for radius files [SME: 5317]  
   
 e-smith-samba  
 - Fix warnings in template expansion [SME: 5309]  
 - Fix migrate fragments for samba [SME: 4777]  
   
 e-smith-turba  
 - Remove redundant 49turba_migrate_contacts template fragments [SME: 5148]  
 - Fix date in previous changelog entry [SME: 4910]  
 - Fix turba.sql patch to prevent creating a .orig file [SME: 4910]  
 - Updated template files to reflect changes in Turba 2.3.1 [SME: 4833]  
   
 horde  
 - Updated to Horde 3.3.3 [SME: 4831]  
   
 imp-h3  
 - Updated to Imp 4.3.3 [SME: 4832]  
   
 initscripts  
 - Exit with zero exit status for services not listed in configuration  
 database to avoid failures in post scriptlets [SME: 1653]  
 - Merge in SME Server /sbin/e-smith/service wrapper so that only  
 initscripts which exist in run-level 7 can be run. This ensures  
 that the supervised service is run, if one exists, and protects  
 against running "service httpd restart" [SME: 61, 1495]  
   
 mod_auth_external  
 - Add requires on e-smith-lib so www user is created first [SME: 5318]  
   
 qmail  
 - Add Scott Gifford patch to treat 0.0.0.0 as a local ip [SME: 5171]  
   
 qpsmtpd  
 - Adapt to Clamscan parameter change, fixing a log noice issue [SME: 5108]  
   
 smeserver-clamav  
 - Fix permissions on freshclam.conf file [SME: 5319]  
 - Add HeuristicScanPrecedence option, default disabled [SME: 4598]  
 - Obsolete e-smith-antivirus [SME: 4786]  
   
 smeserver-locale  
 - apply locale 2009-05-27 patch  
 - Add Romanian language [SME: 5268]  
 - Add Estonian language [SME: 5199]  
   
 smeserver-release  
 - Add support for Romanian (ro). [SME: 5268]  
 - Obsoletes: rkhunter to remove from default install [SME: 5172]  
 - Add support for Estonian (et). [SME: 5203]  
 - Add support for Norwegian Bokmal (nb) [SME: 5002 ]  
 - Add support for Russian (ru) [SME: 5002]  
 - Add support for Chinese China (zh_CN) [SME: 5002]  
   
 smeserver-yum  
 - Add /etc/yum.smerepos.d to package [SME: 5305]  
 - Change SME mirrorlists to point to ibiblio [SME: 5242]  
 - Require mailx [SME: 5131]  
 - Add yum-protect-packages support to prevent removal of  
 needed pacakges [SME: 3133]  
   
 turba-h3  
 - Updated to Turba 2.3.1 [SME: 4833]  
   
   
 The following files are no longer in the ISO  
 - libdhcp  
 - qmail-workaround  
 - rkhunter  
   
 The following files were added to the ISO  
 - aspell-ru  
 - dbus-libs  
 - perl-Package-Constants  
 - smeserver-locale-et  
 - smeserver-locale-nb  
 - smeserver-locale-ro  
 - smeserver-locale-ru  
 - smeserver-locale-zh_CN  
 - yum-protect-packages  
104    
105    The package changelogs often included earlier changes and changes
106    carried out by non-SME-associated developers; these were removed to
107    shorten the list. Packages recently altered by CentOS, Redhat, and
108    Fedora-associated developers are not included.
109    
110    Backups
111    -------
112    - Restoring from a Workstation Backup showed a false failure.
113    - 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    - 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    - Only define Workstation Backup temporary directory once.
122    - Remove relocate_samba_file and all references to /etc/smbpasswd.
123    
124    File Server
125    -----------
126    - 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    
131    Localisation
132    ------------
133    - Add Chinese (Taiwan) language (zh_TW).
134    - Add Hebrew language (he).
135    - Fix translation of local nic string in console.
136    - Other fixes include updated translations for the existing languages.
137    
138    Mail Server
139    -----------
140    - 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    - Fix HeloHost patch.
150    - Remove cron.daily jobs that are no longer needed.
151    - Update email addresses on domain change.
152    - Work around how qpsmtpd tags spam email.
153    
154    Server manager
155    --------------
156    - Improve the HTML formatting of the modify quota panel.
157    - Remove empty <p> tag from footer template.
158    
159    Webmail and Groupware
160    ---------------------
161    - Updated to Horde 3.3.8
162    - Updated to imp 4.3.7
163    - Updated to Ingo 1.2.4
164    - Updated to Turba 2.3.4
165    - 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    - Update to freebusy info in sources.php
169    - Update to remove turbaContact info that SME is not using.
170    
171    Web Server
172    ----------
173    - Default expose_php in php.ini to Off.
174    
175    Other fixes and updates
176    -----------------------
177    - 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    - Prepare for obsoletion of magic_quotes* when we supply PHP 5.3.0+
183    - 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    - 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    
192  General features  General features
193  ================  ================
194    
195  - Based on CentOS 5.3 and all available updates  - Based on CentOS 5.5 and all available updates
196    
197    $Id: README.txt,v 1.7 2010/07/15 07:58:07 wellsi Exp $
198    
 $Id: README.txt,v 1.2 2009/06/14 21:31:08 wellsi Exp $  

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