Re: cyrus --> dovecot

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:30:40 +0200, Móczik Gábor wrote:

> 2012.06.21. 18:07 keltezéssel, Camaleón írta:

>> What's the exact output you get from apt?

(...)

> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>    cyrus-imapd-2.2
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>    dovecot-imapd

(...)

Mmmm... is the same for the pop3 counterparts?

>>> Is there a way not to automatically remove Cyrus?
>>
>> I wonder what package/rule is the reason for the "break" or "conflict"
>> here.
> 
> dovecot:
> 
> Replaces: dovecot-common, imap-server 
> Provides: imap-server
            ^^^^^^^^^^^

> cyrus:
> Replaces: cyrus21-imapd, cyrus22-imapd 
> Provides: cyrus21-imapd, cyrus22-imapd, imap-server 
> Conflicts: cyrus21-imapd, cyrus22-imapd, imap-server
                                           ^^^^^^^^^^^

So "imap-server" is the one making noise here, right? 

Lets see what the packaging guidelines have to say in this respect:

http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html

I would contact the Cyrus package maintainers and ask them about this. 
The "conflict" flag in cyrus seems too restrictive (although "courier-
imap" also has it), but maybe there's a strong reason for it we can't 
see :-? 

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón