A question about Debian
Hello,
I want to install Dovecot CE on a new machine fitted with a Debian Trixie and there is no Dovecot repository for Trixie.
Is a Trixie-friendly version planned for the near future?
Regards
JPP
Hello,
I want to install Dovecot CE on a new machine fitted with a Debian Trixie and there is no Dovecot repository for Trixie.
Is a Trixie-friendly version planned for the near future?
Regards
JPP
On Sat, Oct 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM Jean-Paul POZZI via dovecot < dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
Hello,
I want to install Dovecot CE on a new machine fitted with a Debian Trixie and there is no Dovecot repository for Trixie.
You can install from source for now.
Is a Trixie-friendly version planned for the near future?
Obviously.
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On Sat, Oct 4, 2025 at 3:51PM Jean-Paul POZZI via dovecot <[1]dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
Hello,
I want to install Dovecot CE on a new machine fitted with a Debian
Trixie
and there is no Dovecot repository for Trixie.You can install from source for now.
Is a Trixie-friendly version planned for the near future?Obviously.
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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Hello Jean-Paul,
On 04.10.25 14:47, Jean-Paul POZZI via dovecot wrote:
I want to install Dovecot CE on a new machine fitted with a Debian Trixie and there is no Dovecot repository for Trixie.
out of curiosity: why not using the Dovecot packages delivered with Trixie?
Regards, Markus
Markus Winkler via dovecot skrev den 2025-10-05 12:31:
Hello Jean-Paul,
On 04.10.25 14:47, Jean-Paul POZZI via dovecot wrote:
I want to install Dovecot CE on a new machine fitted with a DebianTrixie and there is no Dovecot repository for Trixie.
out of curiosity: why not using the Dovecot packages delivered with Trixie?
CE is imho Dovecot Pro, while the other in Trixie is the free opensource
CE version is also misssing in Gentoo Portage, sadly Binhost is supported on gentoo, but it needs some that are willing to provide binaries
for now i keep dovecot v2.3, and still think v2.4 is very scarry :(
Hi Benny,
On 05.10.25 13:58, Benny Pedersen via dovecot wrote:
out of curiosity: why not using the Dovecot packages delivered with Trixie?
CE is imho Dovecot Pro, while the other in Trixie is the free opensource
maybe I'm wrong, but according to: https://doc.dovecot.org/main/ I think that Debian provides the packages of the CE (Community Edition).
for now i keep dovecot v2.3, and still think v2.4 is very scarry :(
I'm still using Bookworm with 2.3.x. Debian packages.
Regards, Markus
May I suggest using a container? The container technology is intended to make life so much simpler in an ecosystem full of different distributions, library versions and package systems/formats.
Just install podman and pull docker.io/dovecot/dovecot:2.4.1 - 2.4.1 has a nasty bug, regression or something you do not like? just grab 2.3.21.1 - or maybe you fully trust the developers, keep using dovecot:latest-2.4
Regards, Robert
On 04.10.25 14:47, Jean-Paul POZZI via dovecot wrote:
Hello, I want to install Dovecot CE on a new machine fitted with a Debian Trixie and there is no Dovecot repository for Trixie. Is a Trixie-friendly version planned for the near future? Regards JPP
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On 10/5/25 7:48 PM, infoomatic via dovecot wrote:
or maybe you fully trust the developers, keep using dovecot:latest-2.4
That just pulls the latest _release_. The version in Debian carries some important patches not yet included in any upstream release.
Distros sometimes fall behind but often they do still live up to their traditional role.
On Sat, Oct 04, 2025 at 02:47:49PM +0200, Jean-Paul POZZI via dovecot wrote:
I want to install Dovecot CE on a new machine fitted with a Debian Trixie and there is no Dovecot repository for Trixie.
$ sudo apt install dovecot-imapd (dovecot-popd3d ...)
That's it. Dovecot CE is packaged and maintained directly within Debian.
noah (Debian dovecot maintainer)
Hi Noah,
On Sun, 05 Oct 2025 at 10:16:27AM -0400, Noah Meyerhans via dovecot wrote:
$ sudo apt install dovecot-imapd (dovecot-popd3d ...)
That's it. Dovecot CE is packaged and maintained directly within Debian.
that's what I'm doing for many years and I'm still happy with it, never had a problem. :-)
noah (Debian dovecot maintainer)
Thank you very much for your effort and great work! :-)
Regards, Markus
participants (7)
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Benny Pedersen
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Gedalya
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infoomatic
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Jean-Paul POZZI
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Markus Winkler
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Noah Meyerhans
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Odhiambo Washington