Todd1561 wrote:Is there a way to install iRedMail on Debian 12 with Sogo? If not do you know when Debian 12 will be officially supported? If it's imminent I'll just wait, if it's going to be a long time I'll probably go back to Debian 11.
Two options if SOGo team doesn't build packages for new linux distro release:
1) Use the SOGo packages from yum/apt repositories offered by Linux vendor.
Pros:
- No need to wait for SOGo team to build binary packages.
- Receive regular updates from linux vendors. NOTE: the updates are usually security and minor bug fixes for same release (e.g. 5.8-0 -> 5.8-1 -> 5.8-2), not big version update (e.g. 5.8 -> 5.9 -> 5.10 -> 5.11).
Cons:
- No big version update. If you're running SOGo v5.8.0, and SOGo team releases new version v5.9.0, or even v6.0.0, usually you won't get such updates from yum/apt repos offered by Linux vendor.
- If you need some features available in new SOGo release, you have to figure out a way to smoothly switch to SOGo nightly build (built by SOGo team), it should be easy by simply backup config files and SQL databases, then uninstall packages and install them from SOGo repo, but sysadmin must handle it manually. i hope no junior sysadmin messes it up.
2) Wait for SOGo team to offer the binary packages for this new distro release.
Pros:
- Get new SOGo releases as soon as SOGo team builds the binary packages and publishes on its nightly repo. https://packages.sogo.nu/nightly/
Cons:
- SOGo nightly build packages may be unstable. This happened few times in one decade.
- SOGo team may take a long time to build packages for this new distro release, especially after acquired by Alinto. History:
+ took 4 months for CentOS Stream / Rocky / Alma 9 after requested (by me): https://bugs.sogo.nu/view.php?id=5697
+ 7 months for Ubuntu 22.04 after requested (by me): https://bugs.sogo.nu/view.php?id=5511
+ 2 months for Debian 11 after requested (by me): https://bugs.sogo.nu/view.php?id=5380
+ 1 month for Ubuntu 18.04 after requested (by me): https://bugs.sogo.nu/view.php?id=4459
+ 8 months for CentOS 8 after requested (by me): https://bugs.sogo.nu/view.php?id=4829
+ 9 DAYS for Ubuntu 20.04 after requested (by me): https://bugs.sogo.nu/view.php?id=5015
+ 2 months for Debian 10 after requested (by me): https://bugs.sogo.nu/view.php?id=4775
So, which option do you prefer?
While Ubuntu 22.04 was released, we chose option #2 and waited for 7 months to enable SOGo in iRedMail.