Changes

===Current Release===

===Current Release===

The current stable release is SME Server Release 7.5.1 (based on CentOS 4.8), see the Updates section below for details of incremental updates available with yum.  

The current stable release is SME Server Release 8.0 (based on CentOS 5.8), see the Updates section below for details of incremental updates available with yum.  

[[SME Server:7.5.1 |SME Server 7.5.1]] is a patch release for [[SME Server:7.5 |SME Server 7.5]] to resolve problems seen by some VPN users, and other minor fixes. Our prior stable release was SME Server Release 7.4

Our prior stable release was SME Server Release 7.6

===Mirrors===

===Mirrors===

===iso===

===iso===

To download an iso select the [http://mirror.contribs.org/mirrors closest mirror], the version of SME Server you want, then the iso directory and finally the i386 directory.  

To download an iso select the [http://mirror.contribs.org/mirrors closest mirror], the version of SME Server you want, then the iso directory and finally the i386 directory.  

Note that in each repo, there are two ISO images. One is named according to the released version (i.e smeserver-7.5.1-i386.iso), the other does not provide version information (i.e. smeserver-i386.iso). The non version ISO is the actual file and facilitates rsync updates for the mirrors. The versioned iso is actually a symlink to the non-versioned ISO so people know what version they are downloading. Both will download the same binary data to your computer.

Note that in each repo, there are two ISO images. One is named according to the released version (i.e smeserver-8.0-i386.iso), the other does not provide version information (i.e. smeserver-i386.iso). The non version ISO is the actual file and facilitates rsync updates for the mirrors. The versioned iso is actually a symlink to the non-versioned ISO so people know what version they are downloading. Both will download the same binary data to your computer.

===Torrent - The fastest way to download ===

===Torrent - The fastest way to download ===

The SME Server 7.5.1 ISO CD image is available to  [http://tinyurl.com/sme751 download as a Torrent]

A Torrent for the SME Server 8.0 ISO CD image is not available at the moment.

 

The SME Server 8.0 ISO CD image is not available at the moment.

===Zsync===

===Zsync===

For updating a previous version of an iso you can use zsync, run the command from the same directory as your existing iso. zsync uses a control file to determine whether any blocks in the file are already known to the downloader, and only downloads the new blocks. If you don't have a previous iso zsync is still a good option, it will recover an interrupted download.

When updates become available you will be able to update a previous version of an iso using zsync, run the command from the same directory as your existing iso. zsync uses a control file to determine whether any blocks in the file are already known to the downloader, and only downloads the new blocks. If you don't have a previous iso zsync is still a good option, it will recover an interrupted download.

To install ZSync you need to have the [http://wiki.contribs.org/Dag Dag] repository enabled:

To install ZSync you need to have the [http://wiki.contribs.org/Dag Dag] repository enabled:

  yum install zsync --enablerepo=dag [no need to reboot]

  yum install zsync --enablerepo=dag [no need to reboot]

  cp smeserver-7.5-i386.iso smeserver-7.5.1-i386.iso [if you have a previous .iso]

  cp smeserver-8.0-i386.iso smeserver-8.0.1-i386.iso [if you have a previous .iso]

  zsync http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/7/iso/i386/smeserver-7.5.1-i386.iso.zsync

  zsync http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/8/iso/i386/smeserver-8.0.1-i386.iso.zsync

   

   

  cp smeserver-8.0beta5-i386.iso smeserver-8.0beta6-i386.iso [if you have a previous .iso]

  cp smeserver-7.5.1-i386.iso smeserver-7.6-i386.iso [if you have a previous .iso]

  zsync http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/8/iso/i386/smeserver-8.0beta6-i386.iso.zsync

  zsync http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/7/iso/i386/smeserver-7.6-i386.iso.zsync

===Updates===

===Updates===

Upgrading to 7.x from 6.x - Upgrades from unmodified versions of SME 6.0.1 and 6.5RC1 to SME 7 is supported. If you have modified your server by installing contribs or have used any unsupported 'upgrade' scripts, you may have issues and should consider removing any incompatible contribs before upgrading.

Upgrading to 8.x from 7.x - Upgrades from unmodified versions of SME 7.x to SME 8 is supported. If you have modified your server by installing contribs or have used any unsupported 'upgrade' scripts, you may have issues and should consider removing any incompatible contribs before upgrading.

See http://wiki.contribs.org/Updating_to_SME_7.2

To Be done - See http://wiki.contribs.org/Updating_to_SME_8.0

Please take note of [http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=40789.msg189173#msg189173 this forum thread] as well as [[bugzilla:4229]] when updating after 19th April 2008.

Please take note of [http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=40789.msg189173#msg189173 this forum thread] as well as [[bugzilla:4229]] when updating after 19th April 2008.