On Sun, Jan 25, 2026 at 2:47 PM Marek Greško via dovecot < dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
Hello,
it may be true the change was announced long time before, but me personally also did not notice and was quite surprised. If there is such a big compatibility change I would expoect major version number change (3.0) not a minor (2.4) which evokes some higher progress but not the configuration compatibility change.
I would also expect on such change if the software accepts also old config for some time and logs about deprecated config. Just to get prepared. I accept there could be reasons which did not allow authors to do it like that.
Marek
Every major release or point release always comes with a Release Announcement and if there are any breaking changes, they are always listed. Your expectations as stated are personal. The developers just do their thing as always. Before any upgrade/update, always refer to the Release Announcement!
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On Sun, Jan 25, 2026 at 2:47PM Marek Gresko via dovecot <[1]dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
Hello,
it may be true the change was announced long time before, but me
personally also did not notice and was quite surprised. If there is such
a big compatibility change I would expoect major version number change
(3.0) not a minor (2.4) which evokes some higher progress but not the
configuration compatibility change.
I would also expect on such change if the software accepts also old
config for some time and logs about deprecated config. Just to get
prepared. I accept there could be reasons which did not allow authors to
do it like that.
MarekEvery major release or point release always comes with a Release Announcement and if there are any breaking changes, they are always listed. Your expectations as stated are personal. The developers just do their thing as always. Before any upgrade/update, always refer to the Release Announcement!
Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 In an Internet failure case, the #1 suspect is a constant: DNS. "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' -\_(Tu)_/- :-) [How to ask smart questions: [2]http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html]
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