cdrom.image/sme8/README.txt

SME Server 8.0 Release Candidate 1 Release Notes
================================================

20 March 2012

The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of
SME Server 8.0beta7 which is based on CentOS 5.7 and will be the next
major release of SME Server. 

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. Some notes on SME 8 including help on upgrades can be found at
   http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8

4. Upgrading from previous releases should only be done on clean
   machines without contribs or other modifications.

5. Testers are now encouraged to test upgrade paths and to start testing
   contribs. Please raise all issues found in the bug tracker.

6. 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 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

***************************

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 RC 1
=====================
* No major changes were introduced for RC 1

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 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
Fedora-associated developers are not included.

Backups
-------
- Provide support for Selective Restore with modern browsers
- Remove default index.htm from Primary ibay before restore
- Allow backup reports to go to an alternate user instead of admin
  for Workstation Backups 

File Server
-----------
- Gracefully handle upgrades from SerNet Samba (SME7 TO SME8 VITH YUM)

LDAP (Optional in SME 8, and considered experimental)
----
None

Localisation
------------
None

Mail Server
-----------
- Provide option to force the smtp proxy not to use CRAM-MD5
     config setprop smtp-auth-proxy PeerPort <port nr>
     config setprop smtp-auth-proxy MD5Patch enabled
- Fix mail to domain pseudonyms pointing to group with dot in name
- Fix Mail Log File Analysis reports

Server manager
--------------
None

Webmail and Groupware
---------------------
None

Web Server
----------
- Enable automatic redirection for /server-resources

Other fixes and updates
-----------------------
- Add MAC address into console network selection
- Fix non-translated locale in ibays panel
- Improve error message for quota 
- Obsolete smeserver-php5-cgi & php-mcrypt 

General features
================

- Based on CentOS 5.7 and all available updates

$Id: README.txt,v 1.12 2011/11/23 16:42:09 wellsi Exp $


1	SME Server 8.0 Release Candidate 1 Release Notes
2	================================================
3
4	20 March 2012
5
6	The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of
7	SME Server 8.0beta7 which is based on CentOS 5.7 and will be the next
8	major release of SME Server.
9
10	Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised in the bug
11	tracker (and only there, please);
12
13	http://bugs.contribs.org/
14
15	***************************
16	Testers Please Note the following...
17
18	1. SME Server users should not upgrade production servers to this
19	release but those who can are encouraged to load the beta to a
20	dedicated test machine and take part in the testing phase.
21
22	2. CentOS 5 has dropped support for i586 and therefore SME Server 8
23	will not work on i586 hardware. [See bugzilla:2845]. i586 hardware
24	means processors before and including Intel Pentium, Pentium MMX;
25	AMD K5, K6, K6-II, K6-III and Via C3. i686 architecture processors
26	are Intel Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III; AMD Athlon,
27	Athlon XP and later.
28
29	3. Some notes on SME 8 including help on upgrades can be found at
30	http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8
31
32	4. Upgrading from previous releases should only be done on clean
33	machines without contribs or other modifications.
34
35	5. Testers are now encouraged to test upgrade paths and to start testing
36	contribs. Please raise all issues found in the bug tracker.
37
38	6. Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing,
39	during this time you may experience problems.
40	You can download SME8.0 RC 1 from
41	http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/8/iso/i386/
42	or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8
43
44	***************************
45
46	About SME Server
47	================
48
49	SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium
50	enterprises.
51
52	SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and
53	is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.
54	However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on
55	meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.
56
57	As such, we ask for a small donation to offset costs and fund further
58	development.
59
60	Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate.
61
62	Thanks and a plea for help
63	==========================
64
65	The development team would like to thank all of those who have involved
66	themselves with this beta release. At this stage in development the role
67	of testers is vital; the final release date and the stability and
68	quality of the new version depend on full and thorough testing by all
69	levels of users, right from beginners who may be confused by, and draw
70	the developers attention to, insufficiently transparent system design,
71	up to seasoned and skilled users who can probe the system deeply. Bug
72	triage and verification testing needs lots of community involvement;
73	please try to spare some time to this vital aspect of our community's
74	future.
75
76	This release, which is based on a major update of the Centos Core,
77	contains many new features. Please run Software Installer in Server
78	Manager regularly during testing to be sure your system reflects the
79	latest stage of development.
80
81	Major changes in RC 1
82	=====================
83	* No major changes were introduced for RC 1
84
85	Changes in this release
86	=======================
87
88	This section of this README file lists all package changes carried out
89	by SME-associated developers since SME Server 8.0 Beta 7.
90
91	The package changelogs often included earlier changes and changes
92	carried out by non-SME-associated developers; these were removed to
93	shorten the list. Packages recently altered by Centos, Redhat, and
94	Fedora-associated developers are not included.
95
96	Backups
97	-------
98	- Provide support for Selective Restore with modern browsers
99	- Remove default index.htm from Primary ibay before restore
100	- Allow backup reports to go to an alternate user instead of admin
101	for Workstation Backups
102
103	File Server
104	-----------
105	- Gracefully handle upgrades from SerNet Samba (SME7 TO SME8 VITH YUM)
106
107	LDAP (Optional in SME 8, and considered experimental)
108	----
109	None
110
111	Localisation
112	------------
113	None
114
115	Mail Server
116	-----------
117	- Provide option to force the smtp proxy not to use CRAM-MD5
118	config setprop smtp-auth-proxy PeerPort <port nr>
119	config setprop smtp-auth-proxy MD5Patch enabled
120	- Fix mail to domain pseudonyms pointing to group with dot in name
121	- Fix Mail Log File Analysis reports
122
123	Server manager
124	--------------
125	None
126
127	Webmail and Groupware
128	---------------------
129	None
130
131	Web Server
132	----------
133	- Enable automatic redirection for /server-resources
134
135	Other fixes and updates
136	-----------------------
137	- Add MAC address into console network selection
138	- Fix non-translated locale in ibays panel
139	- Improve error message for quota
140	- Obsolete smeserver-php5-cgi & php-mcrypt
141
142	General features
143	================
144
145	- Based on CentOS 5.7 and all available updates
146
147	$Id: README.txt,v 1.12 2011/11/23 16:42:09 wellsi Exp $
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