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  SME Server 8.0 Beta 6 Release Notes
  ===================================
- July 11 2010
+ August 20 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
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 tracker (and only there, please);
  ***************************
  Testers Please Note the following...
-. SME Server users should not upgrade production servers to this
+. SME Server users currently on SME Server 8.0 Beta 5 have to perform
+    one manual step before upgrading due to the change of samba.
+    See http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8#Upgrading_samba
+. 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.
 . Upgrading from previous releases should only be done on clean
-    machines without contribs or other modifications. Issues with
+    machines without contribs or other modifications.
-    upgrading from clean SME machines can be reported in the bug
-    tracker, but detailed reviews of upgrading paths will not start
+. Testers are now encouraged to test upgrade paths and to start testing
-    until Release Candidate versions are made available.
+    contribs. They are not certain to work so only try on test servers.
+    Please raise all issues found in the bug tracker.
-. Some notes on on SME 8 including help on upgrades can be found at
+. 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 5 from
+    You can download SME8.0 Beta 6 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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 themselves with this beta release. At th
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 themselves with this beta release. At th
  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
+ the developers attention to, insufficiently transparent system design,
- attention to, insufficiently transparent system design, up to seasoned
+ up to seasoned and skilled users who can probe the system deeply. Bug
- and skilled users who can probe the system deeply. Bug triage and
+ triage and verification testing needs lots of community involvement;
- verification testing needs lots of community involvement; please try to
+ please try to spare some time to this vital aspect of our community's
- spare some time to this vital aspect of our community's future.
+ 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.
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 reason.
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 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.
+ domain logins. http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8#Upgrading_samba
  Changes in this release
  =======================
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 by SME-associated developers since SME S
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 by SME-associated developers since SME S
  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
  -------
- - Update backup instructions in server-manager
+ - Restoring from a Workstation Backup showed a false failure.
- - Strip spaces from Workstation Backup hostname
+ - Workstation Backup emails include a To: header.
- - Fix error causing restore to report failed where it was complete
+ - Workstation Backup includes the system name and also indicates failure
- - Check if local USB disk is mounted in backup panel
+   if applicable in the subject line of the email.
- - Fix removal of leading slash in storage location
+ - Update backup instructions in server-manager.
- - Add system name in Workstation Backups email
+ - The Workstation Backup panel now removes leading and trailing spaces
- - To: field missing from header in Workstation Backups email
+   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
  -----------
- - Remove require strong key part of regedit file
+ - Use samba3x package for windows 7 compatibility.
- - Use samba3x package for windows 7 compatibility
+ - Remove require strong key part of regedit file.
- - Backup all the tdb files (thanks Daniel)
+ - Backup all the samba tdb files.
- - Post scriptlet fix
+ - Add dependency /usr/bin/tdbbackup.
- - Explicitly declare samba private dir
- - Fix tdb file paths to backup in run script
- - Add dependency /usr/bin/tdbbackup
  Localisation
  ------------
- - Add Hebrew language
+ - Add Chinese (Taiwan) language (zh_TW).
- - Fix translation of local nic string in console
+ - Add Hebrew language (he).
+ - Fix translation of local nic string in console.
  - Other fixes include updated translations for the existing languages.
  Mail Server
  -----------
- - Fix migrate fragment
+ - Disable by default the SMTP transparent proxy, however upgrades from
- - Set smtp-auth-proxy Debug property to disabled instead of 0
+   sme7 will retain old default behavior where SMTP connections will be
+   transparently proxied.
+ - Implement a database key (TlsBeforeAuth) to allow SMTP
+   Authentication without TLS. The default remains to require TLS before
+   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.
- - Block by default the SMTP transparent proxy
+ - Remove cron.daily jobs that are no longer needed.
- - Updated templates to reflect changes in imp 4.3.7
+ - Update email addresses on domain change.
- - Update to 0.84
+ - Work around how qpsmtpd tags spam email.
- - 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
+ - Improve the HTML formatting of the modify quota panel.
+ - Remove empty <p> tag from footer template.
  Webmail and Groupware
  ---------------------
  - Updated to Horde 3.3.8
  - Updated to imp 4.3.7
- - Update to Ingo 1.2.4
+ - Updated to Ingo 1.2.4
  - Updated to Turba 2.3.4
- - Upgrade horde templates to reflect changes in Horde 3.3.8
+ - Add the ability to have a local LDAP Group Address book.
- - Update e-smith-ingo templates to reflect changes in Ingo 1.2.4
+ - Templated attributes.php to add ability to have multiple email
- - Patch that adds the ability to have a local LDAP Group Address book.
+   values for a contact. Separate entries with a comma and a space.
- - 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
+ - Update to remove turbaContact info that SME is not using.
  Web Server
  ----------
- No updates
+ - Default expose_php in php.ini to Off.
  Other fixes and updates
  -----------------------
- - FreeBusy patch fix (save account changes)
+ - Handle no network interface scenario in console.
- - Handle no network interface scenario in console
+ - Fix ldap-create errors when adding empty groups.
- - Patch that will remove all FreeBusy references from e-smith-base.
+ - The LDAP information for admin was not being updated.
- - Fix ldap-create errors when adding empty groups
+ - Don't try to save ibay password to LDAP.
- - Update admin information (thanks Daniel)
+ - Do not allow pool.ntp.org as NTP server.
- - 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
+ - Fix missing space causing errors parsing the iptables rules.
- - Rework 91adjustPortForward template fragment
+ - Migrate MirrorList properties to sme8 repos.
- - Add migrate fragment for centos excludes
+ - Remove BaseURL properties if migrating to sme8 repos.
- - Fix migrate fragment to not throw warnings
+ - Remove yum databases and repodata if migrating to sme8 repos.
- - Fix yum database removal (missing one)
+ - Enable cpuspeed by default.
- - Migrate MirrorList properties to sme8 repos
+ - Fix scriplet error in e-smith-service script when service is disabled.
- - Remove BaseURL properties if migrating to sme8 repos
+ - Allow use of CNAME in remote hosts.
- - Remove yum databases and repodata if migrating to sme8 repos
+ - Add Obsoletes for php5-cgi-{imap,ldap,mysql,pear,xmlrpc}.
  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 $
+ $Id: README.txt,v 1.7 2010/07/15 07:58:07 wellsi Exp $

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