[Dovecot] v1.1.20 vs v1.2 & v2.0
I am currently running v1.1.20 and was wondering if there is any compelling reason to upgrade to v1.2 or v2.0?
For example is there any security updates in v1.2 or v2.0 that aren't included in v1.1.20?
The other major thing I would be interested in knowing is there any speed enhancements in the newer versions? I am using basic PAM Auth and Maildir mailboxes on a Linux box. Let me know if you need any more information to answer my questions.
Thanks, Adam
On 5/25/2011 8:39 AM, Adam wrote:
There have been a large number of bug fixes between 1.1.20 and 1.2.17. If you are a distro package user, I recommend, at minimum, upgrading to the latest 1.2.x version you can get. If later down the road you need some of the advanced features of 2.x, such as director or mdbox, you'll be in a little bit better position to upgrade to 2.x, though you certainly can upgrade straight to 2.x at this time if you wish. Carefully read the upgrade procedures beforehand.
-- Stan
On 23/05/2011 20:47, Adam wrote:
1.1 doesn't appear to have been touched since 2009-11-09 1.2 last is 1.2.17 dated 2011-05-11 2.0 last is 2.0.13 dated 2011-05-11
So it looks like
1.1 is unmaintained 1.2 is maintained for security and bug fixes 2.0 is maintained
The differences between 1.1 and 1.2, and 1.2 and 2.0 can be seen at http://www.dovecot.org/doc/NEWS-2.0.
A compelling reason for me to use 2.0.x was the inclusion of multi-dbox / mdbox ( http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailboxFormat/dbox#Multi-dbox ).
Bill
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