--- cdrom.image/sme8/README.txt 2009/06/06 23:51:54 1.1 +++ cdrom.image/sme8/README.txt 2010/07/11 16:09:26 1.5 @@ -1,165 +1,197 @@ -SME Server 7.3 Release Notes -============================ - -January 1 2008 - -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 -have been updated to the latest releases. - - -All SME Server users should upgrade to this release. - - -Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised -in the bug tracker (and only there, please); - - http://bugs.contribs.org/ - - -About SME Server -================ - -SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium -enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by SME Server, Inc. -( http://www.smeserver.org/ ), a non-profit corporation that exists to -provide marketing and legal support for SME Server. - -SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License -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. - -As such, we ask for a small donation to offset costs and fund further -development. - -Please visit http://www.smeserver.org/donate/ to donate. - - -Thanks ------- -The development team would like to thank all of those involved in -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. - - -This release contains many new features, all released updates for -SME Server 7.2 and fixes for many reported problems. Upgrades -will be available by CD, the Software Installer and command line. - - -Upgrades -======== - -- Always perform a backup prior to major system upgrades - -- An upgrade will preserve the existing data - - -Changes in this release -======================= - - -Installer Options ------------------ -- Using "sme multipart" boot parameter now enables quotas on all LVM's - see bug 3651 on how to create your quota files - - -Other mail system changes -------------------------- -- Support for disconnect option in rhsbl plugin -- Support for disconnect immediately if dnsbl plugin rejects recipient - addresses -- Newer version of ipsvd to resolve a few Thunderbird issues -- Support for configurable timeouts which by default is set to two minutes - - -Console -------- -- Now able to remove Corporate DNS setting -- Raid reconstruction now finishes after using "sme nolvm" passed at install - time - - -Backups -------- -- Ability to use console restore with CD or DVD recordable media -- Remove smbpasswd file prior to restore - - -Localisation ------------- -- The fr-fr browser language is now supported -- Italian translation minor update - - -Software Installer ------------------- -- The voxteneo.com and fullnet.co.uk mirrors has been added as a mirror - location. Many thanks to all of our mirrors -- Removed planetmirror mirror due to being unstable for a number of months -- Added smecontribs repository to smeserver - - -Webmail -------- -- Horde, imp, turbo and ingo have been updated to the latest versions - - -Server manager --------------- -- Updated wording in Server manager > proxy to be correct when running in - serveronly mode -- Now able to remove settings in the Corporate DNS panel -- Make qpsmtpd/state visible in the view log files -- Convert squid timestamp in view log files -- Since we moved to session-based login changing admin password does no - longer invalidate access to server manager -- Added support if you use port-forwarding with an external dynamic ip - address - - -Other fixes and updates ------------------------ -- More changes have been made in preparation for migration to CentOS5 -- Various samba issues fixed with new samba 3.0.25b package -- Smartd is disabled by default but has built in templates to enable -- Import of spamassassin keys are now processed correctly -- Fixed various log noise issues -- Allow root to be key based login only -- Increased dnscache forwarder cache size -- Freshclam permissions now corrected -- Unwanted symlinks in httpd log directory no longer appear -- Added WPAD feature in DHCP -- Fixed various perl issues -- Using long email address now stops regeneration email every day - - -General features -================ - -- Based on CentOS 4.6 and all available updates - - -There are a few differnces from previous releases <=7.2 -====================================================================== - - -After installing for the very first time: ------------------------------------------ -- First night you should receive an email from cron about sa_updates. -- First night you should receive a large email saying a bunch of - groups/users were removed/added (rkhunter email notification). -- Any time you change users/groups you will receive an email the next day - about those changes (rkhunter email notification). - - -Taking the upgrade path from a 7.x to 7.3 ------------------------------------------ -- First night you may receive an email from cron about sa_updates -- First night you may receive a email saying missing passwd/group files - (rkhunter email notification). - -$Id: README.txt,v 1.20 2008/01/01 17:18:13 slords Exp $ +SME Server 8.0 Beta 6 Release Notes +=================================== + +July 11 2010 + +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. + +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. Issues with + upgrading from clean SME machines can be reported in the bug + tracker, but detailed reviews of upgrading paths will not start + until Release Candidate versions are made available. + +4. Some notes on on SME 8 including help on upgrades can be found at + http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8 + +5. 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 5 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 +================ + +SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium +enterprises. + +SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License 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. + +As such, we ask for a small donation to offset costs and fund further +development. + +Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate. + +Thanks and a plea for help +========================== + +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. + +Major changes in beta 6 +======================= +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. + +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. + +Backups +------- +- Update backup instructions in server-manager +- Strip spaces from Workstation Backup hostname +- Fix error causing restore to report failed where it was complete +- Check if local USB disk is mounted in backup panel +- Fix removal of leading slash in storage location +- Add system name in Workstation Backups email +- To: field missing from header in Workstation Backups email + +File Server +----------- +- Remove require strong key part of regedit file +- Use samba3x package for windows 7 compatibility +- Backup all the tdb files (thanks Daniel) +- Post scriptlet fix +- Explicitly declare samba private dir +- Fix tdb file paths to backup in run script +- Add dependency /usr/bin/tdbbackup + +Localisation +------------ +- Add Hebrew language +- Fix translation of local nic string in console +- Other fixes include updated translations for the existing languages. + +Mail Server +----------- +- Fix migrate fragment +- Set smtp-auth-proxy Debug property to disabled instead of 0 +- Fix HeloHost patch. +- Block by default the SMTP transparent proxy +- Updated templates to reflect changes in imp 4.3.7 +- Update to 0.84 +- add sme specific patches +- Add qpsmtpd template fragment for tls_before_auth +- Remove cron.daily jobs that are no longer needed +- Newer spamassassin imports keys on install +- Update email addresses on domain change (thanks Daniel) +- New option to block outgoing SMTP connections + +Server manager +-------------- +- Improve the HTML formatting of the modify quota panel + +Webmail and Groupware +--------------------- +- Updated to Horde 3.3.8 +- Updated to imp 4.3.7 +- Update to Ingo 1.2.4 +- Updated to Turba 2.3.4 +- Upgrade horde templates to reflect changes in Horde 3.3.8 +- Update e-smith-ingo templates to reflect changes in Ingo 1.2.4 +- Patch that adds the ability to have a local LDAP Group Address book. +- Patch to template 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 + +Other fixes and updates +----------------------- +- FreeBusy patch fix (save account changes) +- Handle no network interface scenario in console +- Patch that will remove all FreeBusy references from e-smith-base. +- Fix ldap-create errors when adding empty groups +- Update admin information (thanks Daniel) +- Fix indentation in S25ldap-update script +- Don't try to save ibay password to ldap +- Fix %postun typo +- 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 +- Rework 91adjustPortForward template fragment +- Add migrate fragment for centos excludes +- Fix migrate fragment to not throw warnings +- Fix yum database removal (missing one) +- Migrate MirrorList properties to sme8 repos +- Remove BaseURL properties if migrating to sme8 repos +- Remove yum databases and repodata if migrating to sme8 repos + +General features +================ + +- Based on CentOS 5.5 and all available updates + +$Id: README.txt,v 1.4 2010/03/05 22:02:58 wellsi Exp $ + + + + +