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SME Server 8.0 Beta 7 Release Notes |
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8 October 2011 |
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The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of |
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SME Server 8.0beta7 which is based on CentOS 5.7 and will be the next |
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major release of SME Server. This is the final planned Beta for SME 8. |
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Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised in the bug |
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tracker (and only there, please); |
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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 |
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release but those who can are encouraged to load the beta to a |
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dedicated test machine and take part in the testing phase. |
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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 |
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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. They are not certain to work so only try on test servers. |
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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 Beta 7 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 |
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SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium |
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enterprises. |
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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. |
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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. |
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As such, we ask for a small donation to offset costs and fund further |
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development. |
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Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate. |
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Thanks and a plea for help |
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The development team would like to thank all of those who have involved |
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themselves with this beta release. At this stage in development the role |
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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 |
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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; |
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please try to spare some time to this vital aspect of our community's |
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future. |
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This release, which is based on a major update of the Centos Core, |
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contains many new features. Please run Software Installer in Server |
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Manager regularly during testing to be sure your system reflects the |
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latest stage of development. |
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Major changes in beta 7 |
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* Require authentication for all emails, including local. |
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* Optional - to use ext4 instead of ext3 for file systems |
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(except for /boot). At the boot prompt use "ext4" or "sme ext4". |
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*** ext4 is considered experimental, so use with caution *** |
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* Optional - LDAP authentication can be enabled. Once enabled it cannot |
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be disabled, so experiment with care. |
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To enable: db configuration setprop ldap Authentication enabled |
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Changes in this release |
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This section of this README file lists all package changes carried out |
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by SME-associated developers since SME Server 8.0 Beta 6. |
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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 |
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- Improve how Backup to Workstation handles full remote disks. |
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- Do not make backup fail when due to a modified file. |
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- Localise the choices for 'Select the type of share for backup |
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destination' in the Configure Workstation Backup panel. |
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- Improve the wording of the 'Backup or restore' server-manager panel. |
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Replace term "USB disk" with "removable disk" as this is not |
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restricted to only USB disks. |
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- Improve wording of workstation backup email regarding the set number. |
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- Do not modify the workstation backup location 'SmbShare' during |
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software update. |
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- Include disk usage in Workstation Backup email. |
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- A new database property, OpenFilesLimit, allows customisation of |
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open_files_limit option in my.cnf. This can allow backups to succeed |
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if a MySQL database has a very large number of tables. |
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File Server |
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- Change separator character in general Samba configuration file. |
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- Changes in Samba's "Recycle VFS exclude" syntax (for ibays). |
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LDAP (Optional in SME 8, and considered experimental) |
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- Create samba account during event for machine. |
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- Keep uid/gid for computer accounts in synch for Unix/Samba/LDAP. |
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- Fixed syntax error in create-machine-account. |
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- Fix samba-group-mapping for users without group membership. |
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- Fix cpu critical patch missing ' |
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- LDAP admin password needs to be loaded in secrets.tdb |
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- Change authentication from passwd/shadow files to the pam database. |
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- Turba searches on LDAP address book fixed. |
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- Properly handle account with accents in first- or lastname with |
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regards to LDAP. |
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- Fix create user gid parameter. |
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- Path for gpasswd command fixed in "init-accounts" script. |
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- All ibay account commands as system accounts in LDAP. |
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- Create ibay accounts as system accounts in LDAP. |
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- Use cpu commands to manage Ibays accounts if ldap is master. |
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- Make cpu calls critical only with ldap{Auth} is enabled. |
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- Check slapd.conf syntax before trying to dump the database. |
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- Simplify ldap-update call by calling ldif-fix |
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- Change script order: ldap-update should be called after |
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domain-group-maps. |
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- LDAP ou field is taken from Dept not Department. |
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- LDAP changes: Add rfc2739.schema back in and include in config. |
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- Use ldapmodify to load ldif, add -a if no changetype. |
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- Remove bogus junk attribute from ldif templates. |
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- Change startup order for ldap. |
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- ldap should store locked passwords for expired passwords. |
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- Add ldap as an auth type to radius |
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- Radius should use LDAP backend (if LDAP auth is enabled). |
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Localisation |
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- Latest localisation updates applied. |
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Mail Server |
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- Require SMTP authentication by default when sending to an external |
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address. |
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- Fix TLS security defaults, TLS Ciphers for qpsmtpd can be configured. |
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- Change enabled to transparent for mail proxy. |
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- Enable authentication for smtp traffic and migrate if necessary. |
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- Fix pseudonym modification for "local network only" accounts. |
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- Add smtp auth into web interface, not just when enabled. |
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- Fix require_resolvable_fromhost doesn't work |
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- Fix qpsmtpd plugin fatal errors when incoming mail message has no |
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headers. |
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- Serialize configure_peers to prevent errors. |
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- Fix SMTP proxy wording in server-manager. |
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- Fix SMTP auth wording in server-manager. |
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- New feature: Allow for individual configuration for the number of |
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mail logfiles. |
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Server manager |
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- Enhance IP address syntax checking in remote access panel. |
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Webmail and Groupware |
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- Update to Horde 3.3.11, imp 4.3.9, Ingo 1.2.5 & Turba 2.3.5 |
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- Add option to verify from address in webmail if setting up additional |
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identities. |
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Web Server |
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- Disable SSLv2 by default. |
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- make user 'apache' an alias for user 'www'. |
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Other fixes and updates |
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- Option to select ext4 instead of ext3 for filesystems at boot prompt |
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- Enable quotas on ext4 filesystems as well. |
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- Only allow backup to (removable) storage media that are not read only. |
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- Improve error handling when trying to install without NIC. |
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- Only remove dangling symlinks in weak-updates directories. |
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- Fix template-expansion for dhclient.conf. |
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- Improve validation (error) message for remote access setup. |
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- Change text in hostname and addresses panel for remote host (add |
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FQDN). |
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- Fix hostname editing for comments with double speechmarks |
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- Trap croak inside Net::IPv4Addr::ipv4_in_network to allow a FQDN to be |
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inserted in hostnames and addresses panel in lieu of an IP address. |
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- Add validator back for ip or cname entry. |
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- Correctly strip numbers from sql scripts |
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- Enable speedier time synchronisation for suspended VMs, this can be |
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configured by a new db key for ntpd, SupportLargeDrift. |
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- Obsolete KeepAlive and replace by ClientAliveInterval and |
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ClientAliveCountMax to prevent SSH sessions from being timed out by |
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network inactivity. |
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- New feature: Default Cipher to blowfish for ssh configuration. |
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- Add directive "PersistentPasswd off" to proftpd configuration. |
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- Quota panel should allow non-integers but only accept uppercase units. |
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- Obsolete magic_quotes_gpc settings. |
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- Set default timezone for php version 5.3.3. |
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General features |
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- Based on CentOS 5.7 and all available updates |
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$Id: README.txt,v 1.10 2011/09/29 06:11:45 wellsi Exp $ |
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