Hi, On 05/19/2017 02:53 AM, Ángel wrote: > On 2017-05-18 at 19:03 +0200, Alessandro Vesely wrote: >> Although the real issue is maildrop, let me note the following about >> courier-base: >> >> * couriertcpd could be just suggested or recommended, not required,
as Sam mentioned, the current startup scripts do required couriertcpd (even the adjusted ones in Debian). >> * testmxlookup could be moved to courier-mta, Hm.. sounds like a courier-utils package might be useful. >> * I don't see how maildir utilities can be useful on a standalone SMTP >> server. Well, it could still be an MTA delivering mail to maildirs. Doesn't seem far fetched to me. But if we add a courier-utils or such, that would probably be the right place. > While we are on the topic of debian package wishlists... > (not sure if this is the best venue, but otoh I feel it's good to > discuss it first rather than simply filing a bug) Thanks for your consideration. Yes, I appreciate that. OTOH I tend to forget discussions, if they don't result in a bug, so please file wishlist bugs as a result of the discussion. (And it's sometimes helpful if it's users filing the issues, rather than the maintainer himself.) > ...I would like having couriertls at its own package: Sounds like a good idea to me, yes. > 1) It is a standalone tool, useful on its own. > It can be used as a cli tool (as a "tls telnet"), as well as by other > programs (I have used it that way to support TLS) > > 2) It used to be at a different package, so it would be consistent with > previous practice > (kind of, it had an -apparently unneeded- depends on courier-base) I wasn't aware of that. In this case, I should better check why the separate package was dropped. > 3) That would allow having a virtual package with two versions, so that > the sysadmin could choose whether to have it linked against openssl or > gnutls (they used to have slightly different features, so in the past I > ended up recompiling the courier-ssl package to switch libraries) Hm.. IIRC I had to compile courier against GnuTLS to work. I don't currently find the exact issue, though. > This is specially interesting from a security point of view imho, since > should a problem develop on either of these libraries, you could easily > switch to the other library while keeping the upper level server > unchanged (assuming the config used compatible ciphers, etc.). Well, that however means we'd always have to support both. But yes, I can see merit in having a separate package. > I apologize for the annoyance, tell me if there's anything I can do to > help with it. No need to apologize. Scanning through the Debian bug list would help. There are lots of very old issues and I think many of them do not apply any more. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?archive=0;src=courier Even just prioritizing the list would be helpful. I'm focusing on the stretch release, ATM. Kind Regards Markus Wanner ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list courier-users@lists.sourceforge.net Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
