I think it will take 6 to 12 month to update the current contributions and Vincent (e-smith.dyndns.org) already did port forwarding, fetchmail and proxy authorization for 5.6. You will need to update your commercial products like Twiggi and RAV for e-smith and your contributions. Someone might start a migration utility to upgrade the file system to a new server.
Darrell May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > If we are close to an SME5.6 GPL release, I wonder if everyone realizes that > many of the current contribs need updating before they will work. > > In the past we have always seen the following sequence of events occur: > > beta > release candidate > ServiceLink release > GPL release > > This time, IIUC, the reports suggest that the release candidate stage > appears to have been skipped. In the past the release candidate stage was > the event that really kicked everyone into gear to start updating contribs. > This was based on the release candidate being considered stable with only > minor if any changes thought to occur before final release. > > If I understand Gordon, he has suggested in essence that the current 5.6B7 + > updates will most likely = 5.6 GPL. > > All current contribs based on the following will need to be reviewed/updated: > > [any kernel 2.2 specific] > 5.6 uses the 2.4 kernel. Not sure if there are any that are 2.2 specific? > > [any ipchains specific] > 5.6 uses iptables. All ipchain specific contribs need updating. There are > quite a few of these. Port Forwarding, Port Opening, IPSEC, Jabber > etcetera. You may know of many other ipchains contribs that will need > revising. > > - any that use IMAP > 5.6 IMAP server has changed the port (now 147/notls I believe) and the > handling of IMAP mail folders via internalizing the .mailboxlist file. This > means all IMAP contribs need updating. This includes all webmail and > groupware/IMAP apps as well as previous contribs fixing Microsoft > Outlook/Outlook Express IMAP issues. User-Manager will need a review, > etcetera. > > So, if SME5.6B7 + updates is considered to be the suggested SME5.6GPL > release there is a lot of work for the community to do. > > Regards, > > -- > Darrell May > DMC myEZserver.com > http://myEZserver.com > > > -- > Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues > Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Searchable archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org > > > -- Ing. Jose M. Velez Velez Computer System 1353 Estrella St. San Juan, Puerto Rico 00907 787 723-5145 fax 721-0062 -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
