commit: 1306dced0baf8fd846c54afa8d00b4b17ceead11 Author: Eray Aslan <eras <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Thu Jan 8 10:59:45 2026 +0000 Commit: Eray Aslan <eras <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Thu Jan 8 11:05:34 2026 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/gentoo-news.git/commit/?id=1306dced
2026-01-08-dovecot-2_4-stabilization: add news item Upgrading to net-mail/dovecot-2.4 from dovecot-2.3 requires manual configuration changes. Add news item before stabilization Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/967978 Signed-off-by: Eray Aslan <eras <AT> gentoo.org> .../2026-01-08-dovecot-2_4-stabilization.en.txt | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+) diff --git a/2026-01-08-dovecot-2_4-stabilization/2026-01-08-dovecot-2_4-stabilization.en.txt b/2026-01-08-dovecot-2_4-stabilization/2026-01-08-dovecot-2_4-stabilization.en.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..11760c5 --- /dev/null +++ b/2026-01-08-dovecot-2_4-stabilization/2026-01-08-dovecot-2_4-stabilization.en.txt @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +Title: net-mail/dovecot-2.4.2 stabilization +Author: Eray Aslan <[email protected]> +Posted: 2026-01-08 +Revision: 1 +News-Item-Format: 2.0 +Display-If-Installed: net-mail/dovecot +Display-If-Keyword: amd64 +Display-If-Keyword: arm +Display-If-Keyword: arm64 +Display-If-Keyword: ppc +Display-If-Keyword: ppc64 +Display-If-Keyword: x86 + +net-mail/dovecot-2.4.2 will be stabilized soon[1] and will be the first +dovecot-2.4 release that will be stable in Gentoo. + +Dovecot-2.3 configuration settings will not work with Dovecot-2.4 and +manual intervention is required for the upgrade. Please read + +https://doc.dovecot.org/2.4.2/installation/upgrade/overview.html + +before upgrading your dovecot instance. + +We strongly recommend finalizing your Dovecot 2.4 configuration on a +test system before upgrading any production systems. + +The following steps typically make the upgrade process easier: + +1. Make a note of your current configuration by running doveconf -n +2. Stop the dovecot daemon +3. Move ALL your configuration files to a temporary location +4. Upgrade to dovecot-2.4.2 +5. Read the new configuration files and uncomment as necessary +6. Compare the new doveconf -n output with the old one and add missing +configuration settings one by one while checking that the system works after +each change + +[1]: https://bugs.gentoo.org/967978
