[Dovecot] Upgrading 1.2 to 2.x

[Spyros Tsiolis]

----- Original Message -----
> From: Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net>
> To: dovecot at dovecot.org
> Cc: 
> Sent: Tuesday, 5 March 2013, 23:50
> Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Upgrading 1.2 to 2.x
> 
> 
> 
> Am 05.03.2013 22:24, schrieb Benny Pedersen:
>>  Simon Brereton skrev den 2013-03-05 15:30:
>> 
>>>>  honestly, especially because "a lot has changed between 
> them"
>>>>  I would start from scratch.
>> 
>>  as same as saying if new iso file is out anyone need to delete there old 
> servers ?
> 
> and you think convert a configration file to a new syntax is the
> same as reinstall the whole OS?
> 
>>>  I'd prefer to have a semi-decent config to work from without having 
> to
>>>  research 100 new variable names and values.  The migration tool exists 
> for
>>>  a reason.
>> 
>>  dovecot -n is simple enough, but what about layouts ?, and will dovecot 2.x 
> understand maildirs same way as it was
>>  under dovecot 1.x, nothing changed ?
>> 
>>  wiki.dovecot.org still exists so it should be safe to stay on 1.x :)
> 
> well you can also use CentOS5...................
> you can also use PHP 5.2...............
> but does it make sense over the long?
> 
> problems are not solved by sit them out
> 


Don't know if you are interested in this, but I always document
installations and procedures.
Extensively . . .

HTH,


s.




 
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