I was reading documentation and converting my config step-by-step. There were a bunch of error messages to sort out. Most of them I could, but there are permission issues preventing the upgrade. I'm not an IT illiterate and maintaining servers for 20+ years. But this one gives me headaches. Again: I did RTFM. There was a recent post by Curtis, so my problems may be syntax related after all and not about permissions in any way.
So despite of reading release announcements and all sorts of documentations, it is still not straightforward. And I am not the only one according to the list. I go with Marek. These changes would have provided enough a reason for a major version bump, not from 2.3 to 2.4. And it would have been good to indicate deprecated configuration options before or provide config backward compatibility or conversion. Not to break nearly every config as it was. -- dr Tóth Attila, Radiológus, 06-20-825-8057 Attila Toth MD, Radiologist, +36-20-825-8057 2026.Január 25.(V) 12:54 időpontban Washington Odhiambo via dovecot ezt írta: > On Sun, Jan 25, 2026 at 2:47PM Marek Gresko via dovecot > <[1][email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > it may be true the change was announced long time before, but me > personally also did not notice and was quite surprised. If there is > such > a big compatibility change I would expoect major version number > change > (3.0) not a minor (2.4) which evokes some higher progress but not the > configuration compatibility change. > > I would also expect on such change if the software accepts also old > config for some time and logs about deprecated config. Just to get > prepared. I accept there could be reasons which did not allow authors > to > do it like that. > > Marek > > Every major release or point release always comes with a Release > Announcement and if there are any breaking changes, they are always > listed. > Your expectations as stated are personal. The developers just do their > thing as always. > Before any upgrade/update, always refer to the Release Announcement! > -- > Best regards, > Odhiambo WASHINGTON, > Nairobi,KE > +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 > In an Internet failure case, the #1 suspect is a constant: DNS. > "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' -\_(Tu)_/- :-) > [How to ask smart > questions: [2]http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html] > > References > > Visible links > 1. mailto:[email protected] > 2. http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > _______________________________________________ > dovecot mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > _______________________________________________ dovecot mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
