Re: Which version of cyrus run with Debian 12 ?

Albert Shih <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.mail.imap.cyrus
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Le 16/10/2024 à 14:18:06+0100, Jim Wallis a écrit
Hi, 

Thanks for you answer.

> I only have a small deployment but in the past I ran into upgrade issues
> when the backport series I was using didn't make it into the next version of
> Debian and there was never a Debian version suitable for the intermediate

Ok. 

> upgrade path. Fortunately folks here gave me tips on migrating by using the
> last Debian patches on an original Cyrus source and crossing my fingers that
> it would compile - it did, but the result is that I now only use the
> official supported Debian version, albeit I still have to recompile for the
> options I want every time.
> 
> If you use the Debian official version, it puts some stuff in different
> places than other distributions and where the Cyrus source would install

Yeah...that's ok for me. Not a big deal. 

> them by default, so switching between Debian official and Cyrus orignal
> versions can be a headache, but if you stick to one or the other you
> shouldn't have problems, but may need to document any changes you have to
> make. I think Debian keeps the init scripts in a different place to other
> distros (I only use Debian).
> 
> Yes Debian official is out of date, but it should be stable, our Cyrus
> server is hidden behind a separate mail security virtual appliance so I am
> not very concerned about having the most recent Cyrus updates, as long as
> the security appliance is up to date, your environment may have different
> needs.

In fact I don't really care about the last features. I'm more concerne
about two things. First the list of bug fix and more important the upgrade.
If I start with 3.10.X I will have more chance to keep this version until
the end of life of the hardware. 
 
Thanks again for your experience.

JAS
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