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===Status: Beta===
 
===Status: Beta===
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SME Server Version 8 will be the next major version of SME Server, and will involve upgrading the base to CentOS 5. SME Server 8.0beta4 is based on CentOS 5.3.
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SME Server Version 8 will be the next major version of SME Server, and will involve upgrading the base to CentOS 5. SME Server 8.0beta5 is based on CentOS 5.4.
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See the [http://forums.contribs.org/index.php/topic,44334.0.html Release Announcement for Beta4].
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See the [http://forums.contribs.org/index.php/topic,45681.0.html Release Announcement for Beta5].
    
A copy of the latest CD image can be downloaded [http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/8/iso/i386/ here].
 
A copy of the latest CD image can be downloaded [http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/8/iso/i386/ here].
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All users are encouraged to test, see our draft quality assurance testing page for tasks [[SME8.0 QA]]
 
All users are encouraged to test, see our draft quality assurance testing page for tasks [[SME8.0 QA]]
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All testing should be based on the released version plus updates from smeupdates-testing. (Feb 2010 provides Centos 5.4 / SME 8.0 beta 5)
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All testing should be based on the released version plus updates from smeupdates-testing.
    
===Considerations before installing===
 
===Considerations before installing===
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====CD====
 
====CD====
Upgrading from CD should work fine. If not {{BugzillaFileBug|product=SME%20Server%20Release%208.X|component=|comment=|summary=|title=file a bug here}}.
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Before upgrading from CD  
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Check for rpms installed from outside the standard yum repositories, check if there may be issues, refer to [[SME8.0 Contribs QA]]
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/sbin/e-smith/audittools/newrpms
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After Upgrading
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Reset repositories to SME 8, see below, bug 5705
    
====Yum====
 
====Yum====
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  rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db.00*
 
  rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db.00*
 
  rpm --rebuilddb
 
  rpm --rebuilddb
</li><li>Reset yum updates repositories to defaults
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</li><li>Reset yum updates repositories to defaults, (Pointing repositories to SME 8 fixed this ?)
 
  mv /home/e-smith/db/yum_repositories /home/e-smith/db/yum_repositories.pre8
 
  mv /home/e-smith/db/yum_repositories /home/e-smith/db/yum_repositories.pre8
 
  /etc/e-smith/events/actions/initialize-default-databases
 
  /etc/e-smith/events/actions/initialize-default-databases

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