Re: s/getmail/getmail6 before freeze (package superseding)

[Hisashi T Fujinaka <htodd%twofifty.com@localhost>]

I was a getmail user and I never could get getmail6 to work correctly. I
had to switch to imapsync to get rid of python2.

On Sat, 30 Aug 2025, Jean-Yves Migeon (NetBSD) wrote:

> Greetings everyone,
>
> Freeze approaching, I would like to migrate our current mail/getmail to -6 
> fork, as this version supports python 3.
>
> With latest upstreamed fixes getmail6 can replace 1:1 getmail5.
>
> State wouls be:
> - mail/getmail is under 5.17, supports only python 2;
> - mail/getmail6 will be updated to 6.19.10 (latest), supports python 3.
>
> ATM I know there are users that use both available versions (my case until 
> recently). What is the recommended path forward?
>
> 1 - update mail/getmail to 6.19.10, remove mail/getmail6 pkg, mark 
> mail/getmail as SUPERSEDES of mail/getmail6;
>
> 2 - remove mail/getmail, and mark mail/getmail6 as SUPERSEDES of 
> mail/getmail?
>
> 3 - (1) + have a mail/getmail5 pkg around as "best effort"?
>
> 4 - Other options (suggestions)
>
> Considering the latest fix I had to upstream to get getmail6 to work, I can 
> assert that the bugs are present in getmail5, and very unlikely to be fixed 
> considering the divergence between -5 and -6. YMMV if you keep using it with 
> python 2 (likelihood: pthread cv deadlocks).
>
> FWIW I contacted schmonz@ (getmail5 maintainer), but had no feedback yet.
>
> CC'ing all listed maintainers.
>
> Cheers,

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