[OpenIndiana-discuss] Fwd: Re: How often is sfe Dovecot updated?

Fri Mar 22 19:31:16 UTC 2013

Forwarded this for Dormition Skete.

OpenCSW has a more recent Dovecot as an SVr4 package, and 
pkgbuild.sourceforge.net seems a likely way in to being able to set up 
one's own SFE repository of Fine Software for the Discerning Client, and 
even publish one's efforts thru OI-SFE as IPS pkg-s.

I think.

hmm.

The problem of getting involved in maintaining parts of OI SFE or OI 
itself is NOT the practical methods, it's just the lack of clear docs.

Like, you have to step in to the pkgbuild Wiki to get an inkling of the 
fact that it actually enables you to produce IPS packages.
The front page at pkgbuild.sourceforge.net is adamant that it's SVr4 
packages only. Not as obvious at it could have been.

Hello,

Use this one for more features:
http://www.opencsw.org/packages/CSWdovecot/

FAQS about SFE-extras (how to join, build setup, etc):
http://pkgbuild.sourceforge.net/spec-files-extra/

~ Ken Mays

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*From:* Hans J. Albertsson <hans.j.albertsson at branneriet.se>
*To:* Discussion list for OpenIndiana <openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org>
*Sent:* Friday, March 22, 2013 3:06 AM
*Subject:* Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] How often is sfe Dovecot updated?

So I take it you're the lead on doing SFE for OI??

Can you comment on what is the most accurate instruction for how to
build OI SFE packages???

Looking at the tree under http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/SFE I see links
that are no longer working and several other minor oddities.

Also, there's a tantalising reference to "more modern methods" that
"will be commented here".

I've asked about this before, but noone answered precisely this question:

Where is the correct documentation on how to do OI SFE repository
packages at home?

AND, pehaps a more interesting question:

How to get involved as a maintainer of some particular package or set of
packages???

On 2013-03-22 07:09, Milan Jurik wrote:
 > Hi,
 >
 > SFE dovecot has active maintainer these days. The problem is on my side,
 > at least partially, because I am building SFE packages and pushing them
 > to the repo. SFE build zone is down for last 2 weeks and admins had no
 > time to look at it yet.
 >
 > Best regards,
 >
 > Milan
 >
 > On c(t, 2013-03-21 at 15:00 -0600, DormitionSkete at hotmail.com 
<mailto:DormitionSkete at hotmail.com> wrote:
 >> Who maintains the SFE package?  If somebody is already maintaining 
it, I don't think I should butt in. (?)
 >>
 >> I kind of have my hands full trying to get a grip on video card 
device drivers for Illumos, which I think OI desktop users would benefit 
greatly from if I can figure it out, and get it through the whole 
acceptance process.  If I give up on it -- and I don't give up very 
easily -- I'd be more inclined to do some package work for OI.  I can't 
really take that on right now, though.  At a later time, I might take 
you up on that offer, though!
 >>
 >> I'm just wondering how often dovecot SFE gets updated?
 >>
 >> I don't think building a script to update dovecot from sources would 
be that hard, and I wouldn't mind sharing it with others if I end up 
going that route, but I find the whole thought of that a bit ugly.
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >> On Mar 21, 2013, at 2:28 PM, Hans J. Albertsson wrote:
 >>
 >>> I'm in exactly the same situation re dovecot. No doubt several 
others are, too.
 >>>
 >>> Keeping an SFE package updated is probably no more work than 
keeping your own installation updated from sources.
 >>>
 >>> Different, and a little bit of a learning curve to traverse, but 
not terribly difficult even that.
 >>>
 >>> If that seems daunting, SVr4 packages can be kept updated and 
downloadable from somewhere,
 >>> and those are possibly a little easier to produce.
 >>>
 >>> Either way, others would benefit. If you decide to go down this 
road, call on me, and I could try to help out.
 >>>
 >>>
 >>>
 >>> On 2013-03-21 19:36, DormitionSkete at hotmail.com 
<mailto:DormitionSkete at hotmail.com> wrote:
 >>>> How often are the dovecot packages in sfe updated?
 >>>>
 >>>> service/network/imap/dovecot 2.1.14,5.11-0.151.1.7:20130208T203706Z
 >>>>
 >>>> It's one update behind from what's on the dovecot site, and 
interestingly enough, the current version came out the same day as this 
was posted on the sfe repository.
 >>>>
 >>>> ---
 >>>> v2.1.15 2013-02-08  Timo Sirainen <tss at iki.fi <mailto:tss at iki.fi>>
 >>>>
 >>>>     - v2.1.14: dovecot.index.cache fixes caused it to use more 
disk I/O
 >>>>       and memory than necessary.
 >>>> ---
 >>>>
 >>>> I'm at that dreaded time where I'm starting to try to figure out 
what in the world I'm going to do to try to improve our email 
situation.    If I end up using dovecot - which I probably will - I'd 
like to keep it fairly up to date.  I'm trying to decide whether I want 
to use the sfe repository, or write my own update script to keep it 
updated from the sources.
 >>>>
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