Bug#522737: #kolab-cyrus-pop3d: Patch to limit POP3 mailbox size (e.g. for mobile
Ondřej Surý
ondrej at sury.org
Thu Apr 9 14:40:07 UTC 2009
I support Sven here.
And I also think that ugly patches like this should not try fix client side
deficiencies.
BTW: S60 works just fine with IMAP
I am for tagging this as wontfix.
Ondrej.
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 16:12, Sven Mueller <sven at debian.org> wrote:
> This patch (thanks for that!) seems to implement a useful feature at
> first glance.
>
> However, I find that it is (in its current form) unacceptable for
> inclusion in the cyrus-pop3d-2.2 package (or the -2.3 package that is
> currently worked on) for two reasons:
>
> 1) It implements a new behaviour/feature and should thus be discussed
> with upstream.
> 2) It is really a hack, especially since it can't be disabled. This
> means it would conflict with otherwise perfectly legal behaviour of
> having logins named like user-001 user-002 etc. So if you would want
> this to be included, you (or someone else) would have to make sure the
> feature could be disabled by a configuration file switch.
>
> I suspect that the latter would also be asked for by upstream if they
> were to include the patch.
>
> The pkg-cyrus-imapd team is in general willing to include patches if
> they (in no particular order, especially not importance):
> 1) are as non-intrusive as possible (which is almost true for this patch)
> 2) Don't change behaviour in non-compatible ways (which this one does,
> unfortunately) or can be enabled (i.e. default is disabled) by a
> configuration switch (which might be relatively easy for this patch)
> 3) Have proven to work for production environments at two (at the very
> least) different sites.
> Exceptions can be made if there is good reason to of course.
>
> Regards,
> Sven
>
> PS: This is just my personal opinion, not the official position of the
> cyrus-imapd packaging team.
>
> Debian Bug report logs: Bugs submitted by tor at slett.net
>
> Note that people may use different email accounts for different bugs, so
> there may be other reports filed under different addresses.
>
> - Outstanding bugs -- Normal bugs; Will Not Fix<#1208b3f4f0c91770__0_4_0>(1 bug)
> - Outstanding bugs -- Wishlist items; Patch Available<#1208b3f4f0c91770__0_6_2>(1 bug)
> - Outstanding bugs -- Wishlist items; Unclassified<#1208b3f4f0c91770__0_6_4>(3 bugs)
> - Resolved bugs -- Wishlist items <#1208b3f4f0c91770__4_6_5> (1 bug)
>
> Outstanding bugs -- Normal bugs; Will Not Fix (1 bug)
>
> - #242428 <http://bugreport.cgi?bug=242428> [n|☹| ] [cyrus21-common<http://pkgreport.cgi?package=cyrus21-common>]
> cyrus21-common: "mbpath" utility should not need write access to
> mailboxes.db <http://bugreport.cgi?bug=242428> Reported by: Tor
> Slettnes <tor at slett.net><http://pkgreport.cgi?submitter=tor%40slett.net>
> ; Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 17:33:04 UTC; Severity: normal; Tags: wontfix; Found
> in version 2.1.16-6;
> <http://version.cgi?info=1;absolute=0;collapse=1;found=2.1.16-6;package=cyrus21-common>
> *Filed 5 years and 3 days ago*; *Modified 2 years and 203 days ago*;
>
> Outstanding bugs -- Wishlist items; Patch Available (1 bug)
>
> - #522737 <http://bugreport.cgi?bug=522737> [w|+|┣] [cyrus-pop3d-2.2<http://pkgreport.cgi?package=cyrus-pop3d-2.2>]
> kolab-cyrus-pop3d: Patch to limit POP3 mailbox size (e.g. for mobile
> clients) via username hack <http://bugreport.cgi?bug=522737> Reported
> by: "Tor Slettnes" <tor at slett.net><http://pkgreport.cgi?submitter=tor%40slett.net>
> ; Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 04:45:02 UTC; Severity: wishlist; Tags: patch; Blocking
> fix for 522715 <http://bugreport.cgi?bug=522715>: kolab-cyrus-pop3d:
> Patch to limit POP3 mailbox size (e.g. for mobile clients) via username
> hack;
>
> Outstanding bugs -- Wishlist items; Unclassified (3 bugs)
>
> - #287581 <http://bugreport.cgi?bug=287581> [w| | ] [exim4-config<http://pkgreport.cgi?package=exim4-config>]
> please split ACL files <http://bugreport.cgi?bug=287581> Reported by: Tor
> Slettnes <tor at slett.net><http://pkgreport.cgi?submitter=tor%40slett.net>
> ; Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 22:18:02 UTC; Severity: wishlist; Found in
> version 4.34-7;
> <http://version.cgi?info=1;absolute=0;collapse=1;found=4.34-7;package=exim4-config>
> *Filed 4 years and 102 days ago*; *Modified 2 years and 257 days ago*;
> - #392705 <http://bugreport.cgi?bug=392705> [w|u|=] [mol<http://pkgreport.cgi?package=mol>]
> mol-modules-source: kmod/_fault.c does not compile for powerpc64 (G5)<http://bugreport.cgi?bug=392705> Reported
> by: Tor Slettnes <tor at slett.net><http://pkgreport.cgi?submitter=tor%40slett.net>
> ; Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 22:13:12 UTC; Severity: wishlist; Tags:
> upstream; Merged with 392709 <http://bugreport.cgi?bug=392709>; *Filed
> 2 years and 179 days ago*; *Modified 2 years and 173 days ago*;
> - #522715 <http://bugreport.cgi?bug=522715> [w| |┫] [
> kolab-cyrus-pop3d <http://pkgreport.cgi?package=kolab-cyrus-pop3d>] kolab-cyrus-pop3d:
> Patch to limit POP3 mailbox size (e.g. for mobile clients) via username hack<http://bugreport.cgi?bug=522715> Reported
> by: "Tor Slettnes" <tor at slett.net><http://pkgreport.cgi?submitter=tor%40slett.net>
> ; Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 04:45:02 UTC; Severity: wishlist; Found in
> version 2.2.13-5.1;
> <http://version.cgi?info=1;absolute=0;collapse=1;found=2.2.13-5.1;package=kolab-cyrus-pop3d>Fix
> blocked by 522737 <http://bugreport.cgi?bug=522737>: kolab-cyrus-pop3d:
> Patch to limit POP3 mailbox size (e.g. for mobile clients) via username
> hack;
>
> Resolved bugs -- Wishlist items (1 bug)
>
> - #274470 <http://bugreport.cgi?bug=274470> [w| |☺↝] [wireless-tools<http://pkgreport.cgi?package=wireless-tools>]
> wireless-tools: Sample mapping script for multiple SSIDs/APs: ssidscan<http://bugreport.cgi?bug=274470> Reported
> by: Tor Slettnes <tor at slett.net><http://pkgreport.cgi?submitter=tor%40slett.net>
> ; Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 23:18:01 UTC; Severity: wishlist; Found in
> version 26+27pre25-2; Fixed in version ifscheme/1.5-1;
> <http://version.cgi?info=1;absolute=0;fixed=ifscheme%2F1.5-1;collapse=1;found=26%2B27pre25-2;package=wireless-tools>
> *Forwarded* to Jean Tourrilhes ; *Done:* Guus Sliepen <guus at debian.org
> >; *Filed 4 years and 190 days ago*; *Modified 3 years and 190 days ago
> *;
>
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> - 5 Outstanding
> - 1 Resolved
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> - 1 Normal bugs
> - 5 Wishlist items
> - Classification
> - 1 Patch Available
> - 3 Unclassified
> - 1 Will Not Fix
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