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
Ajaxterm - install as per wiki, works as expected
smeserver-awstats
AWStats - install as per wiki, works as expected
cyrus-imap
Cyrus-imap - cyrus-imap installs on SME8 and the panel works correctly (English panel only). Refer Forum post
smeserver-diskusage
Diskusage - install as per wiki, works as expected
smeserver-hardware info
Hardware Info - install as per wiki, works as expected
smeserver-mailsorting
Smeserver-mailsorting - install as per wiki, sorting works as expected
smeserver-remoteuseraccess
Smeserver-remoteuseraccess - install as per wiki, bash works as expected
smeserver-theaddressbook
The Address Book - 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-userpanel
User-manager - install as per wiki, works as expected
smeserver-userpanels
Smeserver-userpanels - install as per wiki, works as expected
smeserver-vacation
Smeserver-vacation - install as per wiki, works as expected
Workarounds
Contribs that sort of work, but need improvement
smeserver-dansguardian
Dansguardian works with very limited testing in transparent proxy mode, ie it block sites
squid.conf has changed from 2.5 to 2.6, the other auth types may have to be checked
dansguardian would very likely benefit from rebuilding on a .el5 base
