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Mon Mar 19 15:13:47 2012 UTC
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- SME Server 8.0 Beta 6 Release Notes
+ SME Server 8.0 Release Candidate 1 Release Notes
- ===================================
+ ================================================
- August 20 2010
+March 2012
  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
+ SME Server 8.0RC1 which is based on CentOS 5.8 and will be the next
- major release of SME Server. This is the final planned Beta for SME 8.
+ major release of SME Server.
  Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised in the bug
  tracker (and only there, please);
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 tracker (and only there, please);
  ***************************
  Testers Please Note the following...
-. SME Server users currently on SME Server 8.0 Beta 5 have to perform
+. SME Server users should not upgrade production servers to this
-    one manual step before upgrading due to the change of samba.
+    release but those who can are encouraged to load the
-    See http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8#Upgrading_samba
+    Release Candidate to a dedicated test machine and take part
+    in the final testing phase.
-. 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.
 . 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.
+. Some notes on SME 8 including help on upgrades can be found at
+    http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8
 . Upgrading from previous releases should only be done on clean
     machines without contribs or other modifications.
 . Testers are now encouraged to test upgrade paths and to start testing
-    contribs. They are not certain to work so only try on test servers.
+    contribs. Please raise all issues found in the bug tracker.
-    Please raise all issues found in the bug tracker.
-. Some notes on SME 8 including help on upgrades can be found at
-    http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8
 . 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 6 from
+    You can download SME8.0 RC 1 from
     http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/8/iso/i386/
     or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8
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 Thanks and a plea for help
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 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
+ themselves with this 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
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 triage and verification testing needs lo
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 triage and verification testing needs lo
  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,
+ 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
+ Major changes in RC 1
- =======================
+ =====================
- The policy is to stick with upstream updates unless there are compelling
+ * No major changes were introduced for RC 1
- 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. http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8#Upgrading_samba
  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.
+ by SME-associated developers since SME Server 8.0 Beta 7.
  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
+ shorten the list. Packages recently altered by Centos, Redhat, and
  Fedora-associated developers are not included.
  Backups
  -------
- - Restoring from a Workstation Backup showed a false failure.
+ - Provide support for Selective Restore with modern browsers
- - Workstation Backup emails include a To: header.
+ - Remove default index.htm from Primary ibay before restore
- - Workstation Backup includes the system name and also indicates failure
+ - Allow backup reports to go to an alternate user instead of admin
-   if applicable in the subject line of the email.
+   for Workstation Backups
- - Update backup instructions in server-manager.
- - The Workstation Backup panel now removes leading and trailing spaces
-   from the hostname.
- - Fix removal of leading slash in storage location.
- - The Workstation backup to USB panel no longer presents mounted disks.
- - Only define Workstation Backup temporary directory once.
- - Remove relocate_samba_file and all references to /etc/smbpasswd.
  File Server
  -----------
- - Use samba3x package for windows 7 compatibility.
+ - Gracefully handle upgrades from SerNet Samba (SME7 TO SME8 VITH YUM)
- - Remove require strong key part of regedit file.
- - Backup all the samba tdb files.
+ LDAP (Optional in SME 8, and considered experimental)
- - Add dependency /usr/bin/tdbbackup.
+ ----
+ None
  Localisation
  ------------
- - Add Chinese (Taiwan) language (zh_TW).
+ None
- - Add Hebrew language (he).
- - Fix translation of local nic string in console.
- - Other fixes include updated translations for the existing languages.
  Mail Server
  -----------
- - Disable by default the SMTP transparent proxy, however upgrades from
+ - Provide option to force the smtp proxy not to use CRAM-MD5
-   sme7 will retain old default behavior where SMTP connections will be
+      config setprop smtp-auth-proxy PeerPort <port nr>
-   transparently proxied.
+      config setprop smtp-auth-proxy MD5Patch enabled
- - Implement a database key (TlsBeforeAuth) to allow SMTP
+ - Fix mail to domain pseudonyms pointing to group with dot in name
-   Authentication without TLS. The default remains to require TLS before
+ - Fix Mail Log File Analysis reports
-   Auth (introduced in SME 8Beta5).
- - Update qpsmtpd to 0.84
- - Config setting to enable SMTP to ISP Authentication Debug now uses
-   enabled/disabled for clarity.
- - Fix HeloHost patch.
- - Remove cron.daily jobs that are no longer needed.
- - Update email addresses on domain change.
- - Work around how qpsmtpd tags spam email.
  Server manager
  --------------
- - Improve the HTML formatting of the modify quota panel.
+ None
- - Remove empty <p> tag from footer template.
  Webmail and Groupware
  ---------------------
- - Updated to Horde 3.3.8
+ None
- - Updated to imp 4.3.7
- - Updated to Ingo 1.2.4
- - Updated to Turba 2.3.4
- - Add the ability to have a local LDAP Group Address book.
- - Templated 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
- - Update to remove turbaContact info that SME is not using.
  Web Server
  ----------
- - Default expose_php in php.ini to Off.
+ - Enable automatic redirection for /server-resources
  Other fixes and updates
  -----------------------
- - Handle no network interface scenario in console.
+ - Add MAC address into console network selection
- - Fix ldap-create errors when adding empty groups.
+ - Fix non-translated locale in ibays panel
- - The LDAP information for admin was not being updated.
+ - Improve error message for quota
- - Don't try to save ibay password to LDAP.
+ - Obsolete smeserver-php5-cgi & php-mcrypt
- - 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.
- - Migrate MirrorList properties to sme8 repos.
- - Remove BaseURL properties if migrating to sme8 repos.
- - Remove yum databases and repodata if migrating to sme8 repos.
- - Enable cpuspeed by default.
- - Fix scriplet error in e-smith-service script when service is disabled.
- - Allow use of CNAME in remote hosts.
- - Add Obsoletes for php5-cgi-{imap,ldap,mysql,pear,xmlrpc}.
  General features
  ================
- - Based on CentOS 5.5 and all available updates
+ - Based on CentOS 5.8 and all available updates
+ $Id: README.txt,v 1.13 2012/03/19 06:01:41 wellsi Exp $
- $Id: README.txt,v 1.7 2010/07/15 07:58:07 wellsi Exp $

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