Santiago Romero: > > To apply this patch, cd into the Postfix-2.5.* top-level source > > directory and execute: > > > > $ patch < thismessage > > > > We were able to reproduce the scheduler looping problem, and it > > does not recur with the patched version > > A question ... what' the way to make this patch to be included in > Ubuntu Server "postfix" packages?
I will release this as part of Postfix 2.5.7. Meanwhile, you can use oqmgr and it it will an all likelihood perform just as well. > I mean, should I submit your message+patch to the package maintainers > of Ubuntu / Debian / Redhat so that new "postfix" packages with "the > bug" corrected are released as updates for users? > > Or ... you just publish the patch / bug somewhere and then the package > maintainers update their sources automatically without we or you needing > to contact them? :? > > I can patch postfix's sources, but then I loose Ubuntu package security > updates and will force me to maintain postfix from sources since this > moment. The best way would be your patch to be integrated in postfix and > new "security" postfix packages to be released by package maintainers, > but I don't know how to "force" that. I have no control over vendors and distributors. Wietse