On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 07:44:15PM +0000, Niclas Arndt wrote: > I am considering changing from OpenSUSE to Debian for my e-mail server but I > expect a learning curve. I'm sorry if my questions are basic, but please bear > with me. > > > * Is there any chance that Stretch will be stable by 2017-05-16 when OpenSUSE > Leap 42.1 goes EOL?
Maybe. > * Is it advisable to install Stretch RC2 today, start configuring the server, > and later upgrade to the release version before going into productive use? Is > there a risk for problems with such an approach? Debian was the first distro to make promises that you could upgrade in place. It's very good at that. > * Should I instead install 8.7 and later upgrade to Stretch? The only reason > for me to look for an alternative to OpenSUSE is the short productive life of > each release and too frequent configuration changes. I would recommend that. > * Does anybody know if Squirrelmail is working properly with PHP7 now? (I > know that this is off-topic.) I don't know, no. Alternative web mail clients: Roundcube is packaged in Debian and works pretty well; Rainloop is not packaged in Debian and also works pretty well. -dsr-
