[Dovecot] Upgrading 1.2 to 2.x

[Benny Pedersen]

Simon B skrev den 2013-05-24 18:32:

> In an unscheduled maintenance window next week, I will have the
> opportunity to upgrade to 2.x should I wish to do and provided I can
> get it working on stage first.

+1, i would have installed 2.x if it was first time install of dovecot, 
i would keep 1.x until i need a new server, since 1.x is all i need, and 
wiki page for 1.x still exits so all is fine imho :=)

> My questions:
>
> I've seen a lot on the list about the rock-solidness of 1.2 but also
> some people saying that some versions of 2.x better than others.  Is
> there a recommended version - I don't need bleeding edge, I'd prefer
> stability, or one most of you can agree on?

imho its not just a version change, its more then that, mailstore and 
backend and out support and whole new config layout keeps me away from 
migradeing it, well when i migraded from curier-imap to dovecot i have 
both running the same time binded to diff localhost ips, then it was 
simple to use imapsync to migrade over storages for all mailboxes, but 
now with dovecot 1.x to 2.x its not that simple anymore

> What am I missing by not upgrading?

if 1.x is working now, then you miss nothing, no matter that dovecot 
1.x is nearly not supported in any distros anymore, so i keep my 1.x 
ebuild on gentoo, just in case i still really need to build it again

> A few months ago I tried to convert a Dovecot 1.2 config into 2.1 and
> wasn't very successful.  Any tips on how to go about it?

its dangoryous to ask that here, most people would just say read the 
docs or do "dovecot -n >new.conf" with the new dovecot installed, not 
there fault it ends with single conf like dovecot 1.x had

suggested keep 1.x for now

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