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
>    *;
>
>  Summary
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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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