Bug#382376: cyrus-imapd-2.2: Create Debian packages for version 2.3 of Cyrus

[Benjamin Seidenberg]

Sven Mueller wrote:
> Jaume Sabater wrote:
>   
>> I would like to see version 2.3 of the Cyrus packages included in the
>> Debian repository prior to the freeze for the release of Etch. I would
>> be really nice to have all the new features it brings, including
>> mailboxes replication.
>>     
>
> While I understand your wish for a 2.3 package, most of us hardly have
> the time to create and - which is more important - test and maintain
> such a package. It is almost impossible to do all that in time for the
> freeze (which actually already started a few days ago with the base
> packages). When the 2.2 packages were initially created by me, I was in
> the position to get part of the work on those packages paid, but
> currently, this is completely impossible for me. But maybe someone else
> is able to do the major work (which isn't too difficult to do, but quite
> time consuming) this time. I'm certainly willing to help.
> But even if someone does all that, I'm quite pessimistic about getting
> the package in shape in time for etch. Sorry about that.
>
>   
>
I would also like to add that 2.3 is still (To the best of my knowledge)
considered beta by upstream and as such would not be proper for the
debian stable distribution. If such a package is prepared (which will
happen, eventually), it should go in experimental until it's considered
stable.

Benjamin


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