Eray Aslan <[email protected]> writes:

> Feedback welcome
>
>
> Title: net-mail/dovecot-2.4.2 stabilization
> Author: Eray Aslan <[email protected]>
> Posted: 2026-01-08
> Revision: 1
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> net-mail/dovecot-2.4.2 will be stabilized soon[1] and will be the first
> dovecot-2.4 release that will be stable in Gentoo.

LGTM. Thanks for doing this. I have to say I'm a bit nervous about my
own setups and I'll have to try do that this weekend or so...

>
> Dovecot-2.3 configuration settings will not work with Dovecot-2.4 and
> manual intervention is required for the upgrade. Please read
>
> https://doc.dovecot.org/2.4.2/installation/upgrade/overview.html
>
> before upgrading your dovecot instance.
>
> We strongly recommend finalizing your Dovecot 2.4 configuration on a
> test system before upgrading any production systems.
>
> The following steps typically make the upgrade process easier:
>
> 1. Make a note of your current configuration by running doveconf -n
> 2. Stop the dovecot daemon
> 3. Move ALL your configuration files to a temporary location
> 4. Upgrade to dovecot-2.4.2
> 5. Read the new configuration files and uncomment as necessary
> 6. Compare the new doveconf -n output with the old one and add missing
> configuration settings one by one while checking that the system works after
> each change
>
> [1]: https://bugs.gentoo.org/967978

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