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SME Server 8.0 Release Candidate 1 Release Notes |
Koozali SME Server 8.2 RC1 Release Notes |
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20 March 2012 |
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The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of |
The Koozali SME Server (SME Server) development team is pleased to announce |
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SME Server 8.0RC1 which is based on CentOS 5.8 and will be the next |
the release of SME Server 8.2 Release Candidate 1 which is based on CentOS 5.11 |
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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 |
You can download SME Server 8.2rc1 from |
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release but those who can are encouraged to load the |
http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/8.2rc1/ |
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Release Candidate to a dedicated test machine and take part |
or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download |
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2. 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 |
during this time you may experience problems. |
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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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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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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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during this time you may experience problems. |
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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. |
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 |
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 |
Koozali Inc is happy to supply an invoice for any donations received, |
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simply email treasurer@koozali.org |
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Thanks |
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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 release. At this stage in development the role |
themselves with this release. |
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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 |
Notes |
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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; |
1. CentOS 5 has dropped support for i586 and therefore SME Server 8.2 |
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please try to spare some time to this vital aspect of our community's |
will not work on i586 hardware. [See bugzilla:2845]. i586 hardware |
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future. |
means processors before and including Intel Pentium, Pentium MMX; |
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This release, which is based on a major update of the Centos Core, |
are Intel Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III; AMD Athlon, |
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contains many new features. Please run Software Installer in Server |
Athlon XP and later. |
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Manager regularly during testing to be sure your system reflects the |
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latest stage of development. |
2. Some notes on SME Server 8.2 including help on upgrades can be found at |
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Major changes in RC 1 |
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3. Please note Upstream policy on Production Phase 3 for EL5. Only those |
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* No major changes were introduced for RC 1 |
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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4. 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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You can download SME Server 8.2 from |
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http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/8.2rc/ |
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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 |
Packages altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are |
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by SME-associated developers since SME Server 8.0 Beta 7. |
not included. |
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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 |
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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 |
Backups |
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- Provide support for Selective Restore with modern browsers |
- Add pkgconfig dar |
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- Remove default index.htm from Primary ibay before restore |
- New Upstream Version of dar |
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- Allow backup reports to go to an alternate user instead of admin |
- Add requires nfs-utils |
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for Workstation Backups |
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- Gracefully handle upgrades from SerNet Samba (SME7 TO SME8 VITH YUM) |
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LDAP (Optional in SME 8, and considered experimental) |
LDAP |
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- Make pdbedit output independent from locale and timezone so it can be |
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Localisation |
Localisation |
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None |
- apply locale 2015-03-14 patch from pootle |
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- apply locale 2014-12-25 patch from pootle |
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- apply locale 2014-03-08 patch from pootle |
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Mail Server |
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- Provide option to force the smtp proxy not to use CRAM-MD5 |
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config setprop smtp-auth-proxy PeerPort <port nr> |
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config setprop smtp-auth-proxy MD5Patch enabled |
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- Fix mail to domain pseudonyms pointing to group with dot in name |
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- Fix Mail Log File Analysis reports |
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- Add new zip file signatures to default mailpatterns database : ZIPVOSX & ZIPV3 |
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- Remove DENYSOFT on SPF softfail qpsmtpd |
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Server manager |
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None |
- Resync with upstream php53, which include |
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fileinfo: fix out-of-bounds read in elf note headers. CVE-2014-3710 |
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xmlrpc: fix out-of-bounds read flaw in mkgmtime() CVE-2014-3668 |
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core: fix integer overflow in unserialize() CVE-2014-3669 |
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exif: fix heap corruption issue in exif_thumbnail() CVE-2014-3670 |
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spl: fix use-after-free in ArrayIterator due to object |
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change during sorting. CVE-2014-4698 |
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spl: fix use-after-free in SPL Iterators. CVE-2014-4670 |
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gd: fix NULL pointer dereference in gdImageCreateFromXpm. |
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fileinfo: fix incomplete fix for CVE-2012-1571 in |
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cdf_read_property_info. CVE-2014-3587 |
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core: fix incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4049 DNS TXT |
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record parsing. CVE-2014-3597 |
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- Resync with upstream php53, which include |
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core: type confusion issue in phpinfo(). CVE-2014-4721 |
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date: fix heap-based buffer over-read in DateInterval. CVE-2013-6712 |
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core: fix heap-based buffer overflow in DNS TXT record parsing. |
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core: unserialize() SPL ArrayObject / SPLObjectStorage type |
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confusion flaw. CVE-2014-3515 |
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fileinfo: out-of-bounds memory access in fileinfo. CVE-2014-2270 |
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fileinfo: unrestricted recursion in handling of indirect type |
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rules. CVE-2014-1943 |
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fileinfo: out of bounds read in CDF parser. CVE-2012-1571 |
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fileinfo: cdf_check_stream_offset boundary check. CVE-2014-3479 |
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fileinfo: cdf_count_chain insufficient boundary check. CVE-2014-3480 |
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fileinfo: cdf_unpack_summary_info() excessive looping |
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DoS. CVE-2014-0237 |
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fileinfo: CDF property info parsing nelements infinite |
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loop. CVE-2014-0238 |
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Web Server |
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- Enable automatic redirection for /server-resources |
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Other fixes and updates |
Other fixes and updates |
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- Add MAC address into console network selection |
- Only fire the ip-change event when IP is assigned to WAN nic |
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- Fix non-translated locale in ibays panel |
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- Improve error message for quota |
- When quiting the console app with unsaved changes set the default selected |
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- Obsolete smeserver-php5-cgi & php-mcrypt |
answer to NO |
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- Add a verification in the console of number of pptp clients against ip allowed in dhcpd |
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- Add a verification in remoteaccess panel of number of pptp clients against ip allowed in dhcpd |
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- Reset primary ibay default type |
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- Force SSL following ibays settings to the relevant domain |
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- Add ssh-autoblock for external interface - patch by Chris Maltby |
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- Update to upstream version 2.3.4, which fixes CVE-2012-3478 and CVE-2012-2252 |
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- Updated rsync-protocol.patch to fix CVE-2012-2251, and to apply on top of the |
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CVE-2012-3478 and CVE-2012-2252 fixes. |
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- Updated makefile.patch to preserve RPM CFLAGS. |
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- Added command-line-error.patch (from Debian), correcting error message |
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generated when insecure command line option is used (CVE-2012-3478 fix |
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- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild |
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- Add patch for rsync3 compat (#485946) |
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- Update smeserver-release for beta1 of SME Server 8.2 |
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- Set the check update frequency of smecontribs through the server-manager |
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- Add a default Yum db property for check4contribsupdates |
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- Added a check-update for the smecontribs repository |
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General features |
General features |
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- Based on CentOS 5.8 and all available updates |
- Based on CentOS 5.11 and all available updates |
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$Id: README.txt,v 1.13 2012/03/19 06:01:41 wellsi Exp $ |
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On behalf of the SME Server development team |
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