Hi
I'm on an Ubuntu LTS release so the dovecot came from their release. I'd prefer to stay that way unless I really have to...
Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but "IMHO" this kind of attitude is a huge detriment to most software projects. I see very little reason to take such policies personally...
1) I use virtualisation (especially lightweight virtualisation such as vservers) so that each service is in its own container. Now if I have no interest in some container and want to let it rot (ie as per LTS), then I can just do so. 2) I use a fast moving rolling distro (gentoo in my case, Arch is probably a good choice also) so that I have the option to stay up to date when I want to
The end result is you can be as up to date as you want, or let things rot, as you please.
Unfortunately if you want to use a very old bit of software, then you also get to keep all it's bugs... Sorry.
Good luck! Hope this inspires you to try a different route! Ed W
