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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. | + | 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]. | + | See the [http://forums.contribs.org/index.php/topic,45681.0.html Release Announcement for Beta5]. |
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| 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) | + | All testing should be based on the released version plus updates from smeupdates-testing. |
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| ===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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| + | Check for rpms installed from outside the standard yum repositories, check if there may be issues, refer to [[SME8.0 Contribs QA]] |
| + | /sbin/e-smith/audittools/newrpms |
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| + | After Upgrading |
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| + | Reset repositories to SME 8, see below, bug 5705 |
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| ====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 | + | </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 |