SME8.0 Contribs QA
Version 8.0 Contrib testing
This document lists Contribs that have had been tested running under SME 8
Executive Summary
Contribs should work if they are perl or php based. Some binary application will work as well.
Test guidelines
Considerations_before_installing advises that Contribs for SME 8 have not yet been released, this is to avoid dev workload diagnosing bugs caused by contribs.
Please don't post sme 8 bugs unless you can replicate the bug with the contrib removed or isolated.
Please do contact the contrib maintainer if you have suggestions, they may or may not be able to or wish to help while sme8 is still beta.
Setup
Point yum at the SME 7 Contrib repository, the only thing to change is the final number
db yum_repositories setprop smecontribs MirrorList http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/smeserver/mirrorlist/smecontribs-7 signal-event yum-modify
- some contribs don't require a post-upgrade, A new feature of SME 8 is a nag screen in the server manager to reconfigure if you don't do so after a yum install, remove the nag with the following, please don't do this unless you know it's OK, and please don't suggest some else do so unless you are doubly sure.
config set UnsavedChanges no
Contribs
List of Contribs being tested
Working
smeserver-ajaxterm
install as per wiki, works as expected
smeserver-diskusage
install as per wiki, works as expected
smeserver-theaddressbook
install as per wiki, works as expected
please take note of http://forums.corvalis.net/viewtopic.php?t=720&highlight=1054 if you have issues with groups
smeserver-hardware info
install as per wiki, works as expected
