postfix port version numbering -- suggestions wanted

Scott Lambert lambert at lambertfam.org
Wed Apr 28 17:51:24 PDT 2004


On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 03:13:18PM -0400, Jim Trigg wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 02:20:05PM -0400, Vivek Khera wrote:
> > Currently there are three postfix ports: postfix1, postfix, and 
> > postfix-current.  Obviously, enough people still run postfix 1.x to 
> > need a postfix1 port.  So my thought is to make a postfix20 port for 
> > the now old 2.0 line, and have the postfix port be the 2.1 release.  
> > 
> > What do other postfix users out there think?   I'm holding off 
> > submitting the PR's until we decide on what to do.
> 
> I don't think it's necessary.  There isn't a large effort involved in
> moving from 2.0.x to 2.1 the way there is in moving from 1.x to 2.x.

I agree.  It just doesn't seem to be worth the effort.

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Scott Lambert                    KC5MLE                       Unix SysAdmin
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