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SME Server 8.0 Release Candidate 1 Release Notes |
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The Koozali SME Server (SME Server) development team is pleased to announce |
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the release of SME Server 8.2 which is based on CentOS 5.11 |
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The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of |
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SME Server 8.0beta7 which is based on CentOS 5.7 and will be the next |
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major release of SME Server. |
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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 |
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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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Testers Please Note the following... |
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1. SME Server users should not upgrade production servers to this |
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release but those who can are encouraged to load the beta to a |
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dedicated test machine and take part in the testing phase. |
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2. CentOS 5 has dropped support for i586 and therefore SME Server 8 |
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means processors before and including Intel Pentium, Pentium MMX; |
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are Intel Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III; AMD Athlon, |
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3. Some notes on SME 8 including help on upgrades can be found at |
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http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8 |
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You can download SME Server 8.2 from |
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Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing, |
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during this time you may experience problems. |
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4. Upgrading from previous releases should only be done on clean |
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machines without contribs or other modifications. |
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5. Testers are now encouraged to test upgrade paths and to start testing |
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contribs. Please raise all issues found in the bug tracker. |
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6. Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing, |
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You can download SME8.0 RC 1 from |
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http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/8/iso/i386/ |
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or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8 |
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About SME Server |
About SME Server |
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SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium |
SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium |
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enterprises. |
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enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by Koozali Foundation, Inc., |
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a non-profit corporation that exists to provide marketing and legal support |
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for SME Server. |
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SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and |
SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and |
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is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community. |
is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community. |
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However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on |
However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on |
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meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc. |
meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc. |
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As such, we ask for a small donation to offset costs and fund further |
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As such, we ask for a donation to offset costs and fund further development. |
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a) If you are a school, a church, a non-profit organisation or an individual |
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using SME Server for private purposes, we would appreciate you to contribute |
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within your means toward the costs associated with hosting, maintenance and |
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development. |
development. |
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b) If you are a company or an integrator and you are deploying SME Server in |
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the course of your work to generate revenue, we expect you to make a donation |
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commensurate with the level of revenue you generate and the number of servers |
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your have in the field. Please, help the project |
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Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate. |
Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate. |
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Thanks and a plea for help |
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Koozali Inc is happy to supply an invoice for any donations received, |
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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 |
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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 |
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quality of the new version depend on full and thorough testing by all |
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levels of users, right from beginners who may be confused by, and draw |
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the developers attention to, insufficiently transparent system design, |
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up to seasoned and skilled users who can probe the system deeply. Bug |
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triage and verification testing needs lots of community involvement; |
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please try to spare some time to this vital aspect of our community's |
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This release, which is based on a major update of the Centos Core, |
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contains many new features. Please run Software Installer in Server |
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latest stage of development. |
1. CentOS 5 has dropped support for i586 and therefore SME Server 8.2 |
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Major changes in RC 1 |
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* No major changes were introduced for RC 1 |
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3. Please note Upstream policy on Production Phase 3 for EL5. Only those |
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security updates deemed crucial are now being released upstream for EL5 |
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(so also for SME8) The Koozali team recommends that you start moving |
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workloads from SME Server 8 to SME Server 9. |
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Planned EOL for CentOS 5 is Mar 31 2017 |
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Changes in this release |
Changes in this release |
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This section of this README file lists all package changes carried out |
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by SME-associated developers since SME Server 8.0 Beta 7. |
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The package changelogs often included earlier changes and changes |
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carried out by non-SME-associated developers; these were removed to |
Packages altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are |
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shorten the list. Packages recently altered by Centos, Redhat, and |
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Fedora-associated developers are not included. |
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Backups |
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- Remove default index.htm from Primary ibay before restore |
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File Server |
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- Gracefully handle upgrades from SerNet Samba (SME7 TO SME8 VITH YUM) |
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General features |
General features |
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- Based on CentOS 5.7 and all available updates |
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- Based on CentOS 5.11 and all available updates |
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