Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 07:14:38 -0500 From: Carmel <carmel_ny@outlook.com> To: FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Cc: ohauer@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: mail/postfix and mail/postfix-current need upgrading Message-ID: <BLU437-SMTP152CD18E73D11031A4994080B80@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <7e27caa45fc106483ba96488a07ca1ee@mailbox.ijs.si> References: <3f2105db035fe8b639905002c7524b45@mailbox.ijs.si> <COL004-MC5F5JXTVLsc0012d5fd@COL004-MC5F5.hotmail.com> <BLU436-SMTP54E8D53D277473BD3FD9F480A70@phx.gbl> <7e27caa45fc106483ba96488a07ca1ee@mailbox.ijs.si>
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On Sat, 27 Feb 2016 02:45:25 +0100, Mark Martinec stated: >|Obviously, the ports are not in sync with the current Stable and >|Experimental branches of Postfix. > >Olli Hauer wrote: >> No they are not and I plan the following to let users some time >> for the transition to 3.1. >> - mail/postfix (2.11.7) -> mail/postfix211 >> - mail/postfix-current (3.0.4) -> mail/postfix >> - postfix-current will be updated to 3.1.0 (released this week) >> >> In some weeks 3.1.x will become the default postfix, and 3.0.x >> will be removed from the tree, postfix211 will stay as the last >> postfix 2.x releases and current will become again current. >> There are some users using VDA patches, only available for >> postfix 2.8 but it also works on 2.11, there is no support from >> the VDA project for 3.x and it seems the VDA project is no longer >> alive. > > >> On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 09:29:43 -0800 (PST), Roger Marquis stated: >>> 3.2 is an experimental release. >>> It would be misleading to label it current. > >On 2016-02-26 20:32, Carmel wrote: >> The experimental version of Postfix has been labeled >> "postfix-current" for as long as I can remember. To change it now >> would really confuse some users. > > >This was indeed the case (postfix-current == "The experimental" >(development) version) a few years back. It was kept closely >up-to-date with the latest development release. I lived under >impression that it still is supposed to be so (but just happen >to be lagging a bit) - but apparently this is no longer so. > >I wish the postfix-current would track the latest development release >as it used to do. It made it possible for FreeBSD users to more >fruitfully contribute back to the project by quickly responding >to new features and potential problems. > >If this is deemed unsuitable, then there should be a new port >mail/postfix-devel to track the latest releases (although then >I don't know to what purpose a postfix-current would serve). > > Mark \mail\postfix-XXX Older versions of Postfix \mail\postfix-stable Latest stable version of Postfix \mail\postfix-current Experimental version of Postfix As each "experimental" becomes stable, it is given a "postfix-stable" designation and the old stable release is given a "postfix-XXX" designation. The new postfix experimental release then assumes the "postfix-current" title. My only concern with changing the name "postfix-current" to "postfix-devel" or whatever is for historical purposes. I have always known it by the latter designations plus I am not sure if it would cause a problem in the ports system if it were to be renamed. In any case, the "postfix" ports were always kept up-to-date in virtual real time. Now they seem to lag behind. I am unsure as to what has happened. -- Carmel -- Carmel
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