[Kolab-devel] Kolab3.0beta/Debian: Sending mail from Roundcube fails

[Administrators ITSEF]

Quoting "Jeroen van Meeuwen (Kolab Systems)" <vanmeeuwen at kolabsys.com>:

> A later version of pykolab (0.5.8-6 iirc) includes a setup-kolab that
> fixes this, by providing / writing out /etc/postfix/sasl/smtpd.conf
[...]

Thanks - I'll try that! That's issue1398, if I'm not mistaken? I saw  
that, but apparently didn't connect the dots... Also, you've  
indirectly answered my question from another mail ("How to deal  
correctly with updates?") - apparently, at this moment in time updates  
to packages like pykolab do nothing to actually implement such updates  
on an existing system, which means one still has to make all relevant  
changes (like the one you're describing in this mail) oneself - even  
if the upgraded package has been installed.

In this case: I had pykolab 0.5.8-4 and the upgrade replaced it with  
0.5.8-6, but /etc/postfix/sasl/smtpd.conf did not get written (which  
is actually something I would expect from an update). That's not a  
show stopper (it's "beta" after all), but a) I'd like to be clear  
about this and b) in my opinion, this should be resolved in the longer  
term.

Right now, I'd like to make the following suggestion: Each Debian  
packages has a changelog in /usr/share/doc - how about adding an  
alinea about fixes like this one where the admin still needs to  
perform some manual changes after the upgrade has been installed?  
Alternatively, this information could be added to the bug report, as  
the issue number is usually mentioned in the changelog. I know that in  
principle, this information can be extracted from the bug report, but  
in many cases, the actual fix is spread across several messages, so a  
summary like "In case of an update you need to ..." would be of great  
help.

Cheerio,

Thomas

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