Charles Marcus schrieb: > On 9/21/2009 11:33 AM, Eric Jon Rostetter wrote: >>> Of course, eventually I'm sure dovecot will hit a wall where performance >>> improvements will be negligible, but for now, the difference between the >>> 1.0.x version and 1.2.x is so great that anyone who refuses to upgrade >>> is simply missing out. > >> Again, this might be storage related, or something... Don't assume it >> applies to everyone. > > The differences between 1.0.x and 1.2 apply to everyone... but obviously > there are a lot of other factors that can impact performance in both > directions...
But not everyone has the same requirements profile, and particularly not yours. If I'm using Dovecot 1.0.X to serve a handful of users with Maildirs, I don't care a bit even for 90% of performance back or forth. I do care about maintenance. If it works well in practice and is not known to be insecure, why mess with it. "Works well" in the reporter's case is a matter of analyzing what's up before figuring out all the nitty-gritty details of rebuilding the package just to have an update. If you miss any migration needs for the new version, or a distro patch, you're way more screwed than the OP.