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- SME Server 7.3 Release Notes
+ SME Server 8.0 Beta 5 Release Notes
- ============================
+ ===================================
- January 1 2008
+ March 7 2010
  The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of
- SME Server 7.3. This release is based on CentOS 4.6 and all packages
+ SME Server 8.0beta5 which is based on CentOS 5.4 and will be the next
- have been updated to the latest releases.
+ major release of SME Server.
+ ***************************
- All SME Server users should upgrade to this release.
+ 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.
- Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised
+ ***************************
- in the bug tracker (and only there, please);
+ Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised in the bug
-     http://bugs.contribs.org/
+ tracker (and only there, please);
+     http://bugs.contribs.org/
- About SME Server
- ================
+ ***************************
+ Testers Please Note the following...
- SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium
- enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by SME Server, Inc.
+. CentOS 5 has dropped support for i586 and therefore SME Server 8
- ( http://www.smeserver.org/ ), a non-profit corporation that exists to
+    will not work on i586 hardware. [See bugzilla:2845]. i586 hardware
- provide marketing and legal support for SME Server.
+    means processors before and including Intel Pentium, Pentium MMX;
+    AMD K5, K6, K6-II, K6-III and Via C3. i686 architecture processors
- SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License
+    are Intel Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III; AMD Athlon,
- and is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.
+    Athlon XP and later.
- However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on
- meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.
+. Upgrading from previous releases should only be done on clean
+    machines without contribs or other modifications. Issues with
- As such, we ask for a small donation to offset costs and fund further
+    upgrading from clean SME machines can be reported in the bug
- development.
+    tracker, but detailed reviews of upgrading paths will not start
+    until Release Candidate versions are made available.
- Please visit http://www.smeserver.org/donate/ to donate.
+    Some notes on upgrading from Release 7.4 and release 7.0, 7.1, and
+.2 versions can be found at http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8
- Thanks
- ------
+    You can download SME8.0 Beta 5 from
- The development team would like to thank all of those involved in
+    http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/8/iso/i386/
- this release. However, this distribution cannot continue with the
- current level of support. More people are required to help with
+ ***************************
- bug triage and verification testing.
+ About SME Server
+ ================
- This release contains many new features, all released updates for
- SME Server 7.2 and fixes for many reported problems. Upgrades
+ SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium
- will be available by CD, the Software Installer and command line.
+ enterprises.
+ SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License
- Upgrades
+ and is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.
- ========
+ However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on
+ meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.
- - Always perform a backup prior to major system upgrades
+ As such, we ask for a small donation to offset costs and fund further
- - An upgrade will preserve the existing data
+ development.
+ Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate.
- Changes in this release
- =======================
+ Thanks and a plea for help
+ ==========================
- Installer Options
- -----------------
+ The development team would like to thank all of those who have involved
- - Using "sme multipart" boot parameter now enables quotas on all LVM's
+ themselves with this beta release. At this stage in development the role
-   see bug 3651 on how to create your quota files
+ 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
- Other mail system changes
+ attention to, insufficiently transparent system design, up to seasoned
- -------------------------
+ and skilled users who can probe the system deeply. Bug triage and
- - Support for disconnect option in rhsbl plugin
+ verification testing needs lots of community involvement; please try to
- - Support for disconnect immediately if dnsbl plugin rejects recipient
+ spare some time to this vital aspect of our community's future.
-   addresses
- - Newer version of ipsvd to resolve a few Thunderbird issues
+ This release, which is based on a major update of the Centos Core, contains
- - Support for configurable timeouts which by default is set to two minutes
+ many new features. Please run Software Installer in Server Manager
+ regularly during testing to be sure your system reflects the latest stage
+ of development.
- Console
- -------
+ Major changes in beta 5
- - Now able to remove Corporate DNS setting
+ =======================
- - Raid reconstruction now finishes after using "sme nolvm" passed at install
+ The policy is to stick with upstream updates unless there are compelling reasons
-   time
+ not to. The number of customers unable to run the software they want because of
+ the Samba and PHP versions constituted a compelling reason.
- Backups
+ Samba 3.4.3: has been updated from sources provided by ClearOS.
- -------
+ This version of samba provides support for Windows 7 domain logins.
- - Ability to use console restore with CD or DVD recordable media
- - Remove smbpasswd file prior to restore
+ PHP 5.2.10: is provided by the Red Hat Application Stack v2.
+.2 is needed by recent web applications such as OScommerce.
- Localisation
+ LDAP authentication: third party applications can authenticate against
- ------------
+ SME Users passwords. LDAP is still read only, built automatically
- - The fr-fr browser language is now supported
+ from SME databases.
- - Italian translation minor update
+ Changes in this release
+ =======================
- Software Installer
- ------------------
+ This section of this README file lists all package changes carried out by
- - The voxteneo.com and fullnet.co.uk mirrors has been added as a mirror
+ SME-associated developers in 2009 and 2010 where the most recent changes
-   location. Many thanks to all of our mirrors
+ to the package are dated after February 2010. The package changelogs often
- - Removed planetmirror mirror due to being unstable for a number of months
+ included earlier changes and changes carried out by non-SME-associated
- - Added smecontribs repository to smeserver
+ developers; these were removed to shorten the list. Packages recently
+ altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are not
+ included.
- Webmail
- -------
+ e-smith-backup
- - Horde, imp, turbo and ingo have been updated to the latest versions
+ - Improved upgrade compatibility, remove .orig [SME: 4809]
+ - fix mount point for verify [SME: 5765]
+ - create mount point for verify [SME: 5765]
- Server manager
+ - remove comment re smbpasswd being last [SME: 5600]
- --------------
+ - Fix mounting usb disks [SME: 4809]
- - Updated wording in Server manager > proxy to be correct when running in
+ - Don't backup more than once per day [SME: 5445]
-   serveronly mode
+ - Fix full backup on Sunday diplayed as Everyday [SME: 5623]
- - Now able to remove settings in the Corporate DNS panel
+ - Add more excludes for compressed filetypes [SME: 4765]
- - Make qpsmtpd/state visible in the view log files
+ - Porting Jean-Paul Leclere changes in the SME Server 7 tree to SME Server 8:
- - Convert squid timestamp in view log files
+ - using credentials file for cifs mount [SME: 5442]
- - Since we moved to session-based login changing admin password does no
+ - workstation backup: add cifs credentials expand to bootstrap-console-save [SME: 5442]
-   longer invalidate access to server manager
+ - workstation backup: allow many backups in the same day [SME: 5411]
- - Added support if you use port-forwarding with an external dynamic ip
+ - workstation restore: all needed backups must be available before restore [SME: 5397]
-   address
+ - workstation verify: add option to check integrity of backups needed in a full restore [SME: 5405]
+ - minor fix in translation [SME: 5407]
- Other fixes and updates
+ e-smith-base
- -----------------------
+ - Restate smartd dependency. [SME: 5814]
- - More changes have been made in preparation for migration to CentOS5
+ - Fix gettext errors in WAN/LAN subnet error message [SME: 5501]
- - Various samba issues fixed with new samba 3.0.25b package
+ - Really fix template expansion error [SME: 4528]
- - Smartd is disabled by default but has built in templates to enable
+ - Fix template expansion error [SME: 4528]
- - Import of spamassassin keys are now processed correctly
+ - Improve security by using SHA1 algorithm for certificate signing [SME: 5737]
- - Fixed various log noise issues
+ - Fix eth? swapping [SME: 4528]
- - Allow root to be key based login only
+ - Fix console backup from removable media [SME: 4809]
- - Increased dnscache forwarder cache size
+ - Bump certificate encryption from 1024 bits to 2048 bits [SME: 5735]
- - Freshclam permissions now corrected
+ - Fix console restore from removable media (Federico Simoncelli) [SME: 4809]
- - Unwanted symlinks in httpd log directory no longer appear
+ - Add a dummy call so xgettext can pull translated $ifName in console configuration pages. [SME: 5571]
- - Added WPAD feature in DHCP
+ - Translate $ifName in console configuration pages [SME: 5571]
- - Fixed various perl issues
+ - Prevent IP conflicts between local and external interface in server gateway mode [SME: 5501]
- - Using long email address now stops regeneration email every day
+ - Clean up: remove unused nonetworkdrivers [SME: 5521]
+ e-smith-devtools
- General features
+ - Fix previous patch [SME: 5538]
- ================
+ - Add compiled python files to the packaged files list [SME: 5538]
- - Based on CentOS 4.6 and all available updates
+ e-smith-email
+ - Use HeloHost (if present) in smtp-auth-proxy.pl [SME: 5680]
+ - Allow for changing SPAM subject tag through server-manager
- There are a few differnces from previous releases <=7.2
- ======================================================================
+ e-smith-formmagick
+ - Update path for 64-bit compatibility [SME: 5756]
- After installing for the very first time:
+ e-smith-grub
- -----------------------------------------
+ - Remove hiddenmenu entry from grub.conf [SME: 5546]
- - First night you should receive an email from cron about sa_updates.
- - First night you should receive a large email saying a bunch of
+ e-smith-horde
-   groups/users were removed/added (rkhunter email notification).
+ - Patch to change horde's templated mime_drivers.php file so some additional
- - Any time you change users/groups you will receive an email the next day
+ settings can be customized [SME: 5224]
-   about those changes (rkhunter email notification).
+ - config setprop horde inlineMSWord true|false <-- default is false
+ - config setprop horde inlineMSExcel true|false <-- default is false
+ - config setprop horde inlineMSPowerpoint true|false <-- default is false
- Taking the upgrade path from a 7.x to 7.3
+ - config setprop horde inlineWordperfect true|false <-- default is false
- -----------------------------------------
+ - config setprop horde inlineAudio true|false <-- default is true
- - First night you may receive an email from cron about sa_updates
+ - Patch to make sure username is always saved in lowercase to horde db's [SME:5775]
- - First night you may receive a email saying missing passwd/group files
+ - Upgrade horde templates to reflect changes in Horde 3.3.6 [SME: 5774]
-   (rkhunter email notification).
+ - Really apply patch from previous attempt [SME: 5509]
+ - Upgrade horde templates to reflect changes in Horde 3.3.5 [SME: 5509]
- $Id: README.txt,v 1.20 2008/01/01 17:18:13 slords Exp $
+ - Upgrade to horde templates to reflect changes in Horde 3.3.4 [SME: 5372]
+ e-smith-imp
+ - Patch to template imp's mime_drivers.php file so some settings can be customized [SME: 5224]
+ - config setprop horde Limitinlinesize <--default is 1048576
+ - config setprop horde inlineHTML true|false <--default is true
+ - config setprop horde inlineImages true|false <--default is true
+ - Updated templates to reflect changes in imp 4.3.6 [SME: 5776]
+ - Updated templates to reflect changes in imp 4.3.5 [SME: 5510]
+ - Updated templates to reflect changes in imp 4.3.4 [SME: 5371]
+ e-smith-ingo
+ - Update e-smith-ingo templates to reflect changes in Ingo 1.2.3 [SME: 5777]
+ - Update e-smith-ingo templates to reflect changes in Ingo 1.2.2 [SME: 5511]
+ e-smith-ldap
+ - Fix bug reference in spec file
+ - Fix admin user password change (Daniel B.) [SME: 5810]
+ - Init database if the ldif dump is empty (ie from sme8b) [SME: 5747]
+ - revert re-init database [SME:5747]
+ - re-init readonly database on post-upgrade [SME:5747]
+ - Force SSL/TLS for remote authentication [SME: 5748]
+ - reuse users_groups_ous.patch2 [SME: 5743]
+ - Separate groups and users with mailboxRelatedObject [SME:5749]
+ - Set readonly access [SME:5752]
+ - Fix ldap-update action script to user-lock event [SME: 5720]
+ - Fix Groups entries [SME: 5743]
+ - Add Groups entries [SME: 5743]
+ - Add admin user as a standard user [SME: 5742]
+ - Add ldap-update action script to user-lock event [SME: 5720]
+ - Add ldap authentication and tls support [SME: 5720]
+ - Update schema for newer openldap and remove calFBurl [SME: 5159]
+ - Convert ldif dump [SME: 5446]
+ e-smith-lib
+ - adds the hwaddr parameter to probeAdapters() [SME: 4528]
+ - Update path for 64-bit compatibility [SME: 5756]
+ - Really apply previous patch in the spec file. [SME: 5659]
+ - Add patch (Federico Simoncelli) to prevent re-use of uids. [SME: 5659]
+ e-smith-manager
+ - Only display error messages intended for admin in server-manager [SME: 5700]
+ - Fix css validation errors. [SME: 5656]
+ - display reconfigure warning once if UnsavedChanges=yes [SME: 5475]
+ - display reconfigure warning if UnsavedChanges=yes [SME: 5475]
+ e-smith-portforwarding
+ - Enable port forwards to localhost if mode is serveronly [SME: 1003]
+ - Adjust xml entry in locale [SME: 2379]
+ - Add option to limit port forwards from source ip [SME: 2379]
+ e-smith-qmail
+ - SMTPSmartHost template incorrectly uses brackets to avoid MX lookups. [SME: 5456]
+ e-smith-samba
+ - Create/remove V2 profile directories [SME: 3666]
+ - Enable bindinterfaces by default [SME: 3325]
+ - Set recyle bin permissions [SME: 1734]
+ - Add registry file to server-resources to allow windows 7 to
+ join Samba 3.x domains [SME: 5425]
+ e-smith-turba
+ - Update to fix turbatype error when using turba LDAP address search [SME: 5772]
+ - Update LDAP for changed scope [SME: 2939]
+ - Updated template files to reflect changes in Turba 2.3.3 [SME: 5778]
+ - Remove previous patch. Will add new partial patch for bug 2939
+ - Update LDAP for changed schema [SME: 2939]
+ - Updated template files to reflect changes in Turba 2.3.2 [SME: 5512]
+ horde
+ - Updated to Horde 3.3.6 [SME: 5774]
+ - Updated to Horde 3.3.5 [SME: 5509]
+ - Updated to Horde 3.3.4 [SME: 5372]
+ imp-h3
+ - Updated to imp 4.3.6 [SME: 5776]
+ - Updated to Imp 4.3.5 [SME: 5510]
+ - Updated to Imp 4.3.4 [SME: 5371]
+ ingo-h3
+ - Update to Ingo 1.2.3 [SME: 5777]
+ - Update to Ingo 1.2.2 [SME: 5511]
+ initscripts
+ - Fix typo in /sbin/service patch (Federico Simoncelli) [SME: 5674]
+ - 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]
+ perl-CGI-FormMagick
+ - Fix year in previous changelog entry [SME: 3144]
+ - Fix unitialized value errors in HTML.pm [SME: 3144]
+ php
+ - update to 5.2.10
+ qpsmtpd
+ - Remove spool and log dir from package (in smeserver-qpsmtpd)
+ - Don't create smtpd user (unused in sme) [SME: 5815]
+ - Apply qpsmtpd git changesets to implement custom SPAM
+ subject prefix [SME: 5031]
+ - Update pre requires so scripts don't fail on install [SME: 5558]
+ - Rebase bad_rcptto patch to remove orig file [SME: 5548]
+ - Change logging in tls init to prevent warnings [SME: 5551]
+ - Only run/initialize plugins once [SME: 5533]
+ - Change spool dir permissions and owner to qpsmtpd:clamav
+ - Change log dir permissions and owner to smelog:smelog
+ - add sme specific patches
+ - Update to 0.83
+ - Update to latest release
+ - don't add qpsmtpd to start-up by default
+ - add apache config file to qpsmtpd-apache package
+ - remove all patches
+ - use rpm macros for dirs
+ - use a filelist for main package instead of a long list of files
+ smeserver-audittools
+ - Fix regular expression to actually replace the colon with a dot [SME: 5572]
+ - Remove the leading path for yum in newrpms [SME: 5562]
+ smeserver-clamav
+ - Setup logrotate for /var/log/clamd/clamscan.log [SME: 5570]
+ - Remove create option from logrotate configuration [SME: 5570]
+ - Fix version number in previous changelog entry
+ - Setup logrotate for /var/log/clamd/smeserver-clamscan.log [SME: 5570]
+ - Minor changelog fixes in version number
+ - Change default value for HeuristicScanPrecedence to yes [SME: 5204]
+ smeserver-locale
+ - Revert previous patch to resync with generated patches based on SME Server 7 [SME: 5803]
+ - Correct previous changelog entry
+ - Apply locale 2010-02-27 patch
+ - apply locale 2010-02-25 patch
+ - apply locale 2009-10-27 patch
+ - Add Thai language [SME: 5466]
+ - apply locale 2009-08-24 patch
+ - Add Polish language [SME: 5437]
+ smeserver-qpsmtpd
+ - Enable qpsmtpd RequireResolvableFromHost plugin by default, remove
+ database entry and the database default value [SME: 5617]
+ - Tie template fragment into event system to have it expanded [SME: 5031]
+ - Add qpsmtpd template fragment for custom SPAM subject prefix [SME: 5031]
+ smeserver-spamassassin
+ - Requires SpamAssassin 3.3.0 [SME: 5741]
+ - Remove FuzzyOcr [SME: 5771]
+ - Use ATrpm package (partially remove previous patch)
+ - Requires SpamAssassin 3.3.0 [SME: 5741]
+ - Remove FuzzyOcr [SME: 5771]
+ - Run sa-update every two hours and check restart every hour
+ - Redirect cron job output to logfile to avoid mail noise
+ - Fix invalid service name in sa-update [SME: 3304]
+ smeserver-support
+ - Fix css validation errors. [SME: 5656]
+ - Add support for Polish (pl). [SME: 5434]
+ - Add support for Thai (th). [SME: 5466]
+ - obsoletes fonts-xorg-base to prevent dragging in unneeded
+ packages [SME: 5535]
+ - add VFlib2 to obsoletes list so upgrades work [SME: 5532]
+ - Add Obsoletes for kernel modules. [SME: 5386]
+ smeserver-yum
+ - only unlink file if we created it [SME: 5476]
+ - Import only keys not already imported [SME: 5507]
+ - set unsaved changes in yum event [SME: 5475]
+ - move yum warming to sme yum plugin [SME: 5474]
+ - ensure file exists before unlinking [SME: 5476]
+ - remove semicolons from yum plugin
+ - Add frequency of updates toggle [SME: 3764]
+ - remove stray file
+ smolt
+ - Apply patches so smolt will run under el5
+ - Apply sme specific patches
+ turba-h3
+ - Updated to Turba 2.3.3 [SME: 5778]
+ - Updated to Turba 2.3.2 [SME: 5512]
+ General features
+ ================
+ - Based on CentOS 5.4 and all available updates
+ $Id: README.txt,v 1.3 2009/06/16 07:29:58 wellsi Exp $

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