[Dovecot] Dovecot Versions and Debian

[Stephan Bosch]

Rainer Frey wrote:
> On Monday 27 July 2009 16:21:53 Stephan Bosch wrote:
> 
>>> or Use any of the packages from:
>>> Dovecot v1.2 for Debian Testing (binary and source):
>>>
>>> deb http://xi.rename-it.nl/debian/ testing-auto/dovecot-1.2 main
>>> deb-src http://xi.rename-it.nl/debian/ testing-auto/dovecot-1.2 main
>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> ---------------------------------------------
>> As the WIKI states: do *NOT* use these packages for systems that need to
>> be *STABLE*! This is rebuilt every hour from repository commits from
>> Timo and myself and if/when one of us commits a mistake, your setup will
>> break accordingly upon upgrade. This is for testing purposes only.
> 
> Do you think the source packages could be adapted to build a stable release 
> source tarball without much modification? Would it make sense to hast that 
> somewhere?
> 
I have plans in that direction, but first I need to properly implement 
the builder as it is now (current scripts are ugly). New features include:

1) Has separate scripts for source package composition, package 
building, and Apt archive management.
2) Allows the use of slave builders for Debian releases other than 
testing or even Ubuntu. Different architectures should be a possibility 
as well.
3) Will automatically incorporate changes from the original Debian 
package. This is currently triggered manually to prevent problems. 
Particularly, the Debian-specific patches tend to break against 
dovecot-head.
4) The new composer downloads the official Dovecot tarball releases as a 
basis (current composer releases a tarball of its own). [done]
5) Cleaner Debian packages are built. Unused dpatches are removed and 
the changelog looks as it is supposed to. [done]
6) New/changed compile warnings are reported by e-mail.

I've come a long way already, but I have no real idea when this will be 
finished. Completing the migration of Sieve/ManageSieve (Pigeonhole) to 
Dovecot v2.0 currently has priority over the package builder.

Regards,

Stephan