Re: pkg/52655: mail/dovecot lacks quota2 support

[Hauke Fath <hauke%Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.DE@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/52655; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Hauke Fath <hauke%Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.DE@localhost>
To: pkg-bug-handler%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, pkg-manager%NetBSD.org@localhost, gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost,
        bsiegert%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: pkg/52655: mail/dovecot lacks quota2 support
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2017 20:24:58 +0200

 At 11:52 Uhr +0100 29.10.2017, Benny Siegert wrote:
 >>         mail/dovecot (Dovecot 1.2) lacks support for NetBSD's quota2 system.
 >>         I've ported quota2 support from Dovecot 2.x more than a year ago
 >>         and just adapted it to 2017Q3, maybe it's still useful for someone.
 >
 >pkgsrc is not the place to maintain a patch adding a missing feature.
 >The upstream source is.
 
 There is prior art in adding NetBSD quota support to Netatalk. It was
 eventually accepted upstream, but that was not a condition for adding the
 patches.
 
 While I respect their concept, pkgsrc is not Arch.
 
 >We would all have an easier time if you could get this patch accepted
 >upstream :)
 
 Upstream does not maintain Dovecot's 1.x branch.
 
 I run 2.whatever with mbox both at home and workplace, and have for years
 been plagued by corrupted indexes when clients move mail. 1.2.x never had
 that problem, but lacks a couple of features that I want.
 
 Cheerio,
 hauke
 
 
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