Re: dovecot packages
Hi.
On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 01:00:24PM -0400, Michael Grant wrote:
> V2.1.14 has been around for about a month. What's surprising is that
> on the tracker web page, usually there's an 'action needed' with a 'A
> new upstream version is available...' but not here. Is something
> broken there? Who do I tell?
Debian source for the package can provide so-called "watch" file that's
used exactly for the purpose of notifying the maintainer of new upstream
version. Debian's dovecot provides such file, and it's deliberately
locked at version 2.3:
https://dovecot.org/releases/2.3/dovecot-([\.0-9]+)\.tar\.gz
So no, it's unlikely that something in dovecot packaging is broken.
> Is this 'action needed' something that is updated manually?
Given the current state of the watch file - no.
Currently Debian is in the state of package freeze (preparing for the
release of the bullseye), so uploads to the sid are discouraged (or
outright forbidden, I forgot which phase of the freeze Debian is
currently in), unless they fix RC bugs. And I see no such bugs for
dovecot - [2].
> I coulnd't easily find the debian maintainer to pass this on.
[1] shows me at least 4 possible maintainer contacts.
> Suggestions? or should I just ignore it and eventually someone will
> get to it?
If it really bothers you - file a bug report with "wishlist" priority.
At the very least you'll get an explanation from one of the maintainers.
Reco
[1] https://packages.debian.org/sid/dovecot-core
[2] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?package=dovecot
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