You need the fts-xapian.c mostly. All the rest comes from automake (unless you decide to use cmake or something else).
I have attached you a skeleton plugin, which should work against dovecot master. If you experience problems with the skeleton, let us know. Aki > On 13 January 2019 at 20:23 Joan Moreau <j...@grosjo.net> wrote: > > > Ok for having a link on the FTS page. > > PLease clarify what files are necessary to package it as a separate > package > > On 2019-01-13 19:03, Aki Tuomi wrote: > > > Yes, from compiling point of view it is done. > > > > Unfortunately what is not done is all the other work involved, such as > > fixing all the inevitable bugs it has and maintaining it. We do not want, > > at this moment, take up maintaining and developing yet another FTS plugin > > as we have plenty of things to do already. > > > > I invite you to setup your own repository and provide this plugin from > > there, being the maintainer of this plugin. We can add a link to your > > plugin on our FTS page so people can also find it. > > > > There are other plugins like this, e.g. > > https://github.com/st3fan/dovecot-xaps-plugin > > > > Aki > > > > On 13 January 2019 at 19:52 Joan Moreau <j...@grosjo.net> wrote: > > > > The only point here of this fts-xapian is to get rid of solr (because it > > is just a nightmare to setup) and squat (because it is considere > > obsolete). > > > > I already sent the changed in configure.ac, makefile.am, etc.. in order > > to include it in the dovecot, and it compiles properly > > > > The only remaining point is to push it in hte git (yes, everything is > > already done) > > > > On 2019-01-13 18:45, Aki Tuomi wrote: > > > > On 13 January 2019 at 17:05 Joan Moreau via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> > > wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > Please find attached the beta release of FTS Xapian, with the objective > > to replace fts_squat that is being deprecated. > > > > Configuration is exactly the same as for fts_squat: > > > > plugin { > > > > plugin = fts fts_xapian (...) > > fts = xapian > > fts_autoindex = yes > > fts_enforced = yes > > fts_xapian = partial=2 full=20 > > > > This is installed on my production server (>120Gb of mailboxes), and I > > will observe it during the coming days. > > > > I will definitely appreciate that this is added in the core git of > > docevot, in order to have a versionning of it, to remove squat and let > > basic users able to avoid Solr alternative as much as possible. > > > > Thanks > > > > JM > > Hi! > > > > I still recommend you setup a, say, github repository for your plugin. We > > are not able to currently include your work in dovecot core as it is more > > work than just pushing the code into the repo. Maybe it can be included in > > the future. > > > > If you want, I can help you in setting up the required configuration > > scripts and such to make it possible to compile it as plugin. > > > > Then anyone can download it and install it for their dovecot, even if > > dovecot itself has been installed from packages, and also makes it possible > > for package maintainers to consider including it in distributions. > > > > Aki
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