Re: Choice of distribution for new sourceware.org server?

[Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please@sourceware.org>]

On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 08:45:28PM -0500, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
>Otherwise dog-fooding Fedora Server would give us the latest packages
>for services that sourceware could offer, but we'd have to update once
>a year.

We talk about that every time we go through a system or OS upgrade.
I've maintained a postfix/mailman system in the past so maybe those bits
would swap back in.  I don't really relish the thought of trying to
convert the ezmlm archives to something else but maybe it isn't a big
deal.

>It would force us to actively track the software we're using and look
>at well supported alternatives e.g.  postfix + mailman/public inbox vs.
>qmail + ezmlm.

I use Rawhide on some of my systems and rarely have had a problem but I
can hear the screams now.

Upgrading to the next version only requires minimal downtime though.
So, I'd still be happy to be using it.  I assume we can get the same
level of input from Red Hat if we have kernel issues.

This is the third or fourth time I've moved to a new version of
qmail/ezmlm and I never have a good feeling about it since the available
rpms always seem a little odd.  They have dependencies on things that I
don't really understand like "vpopmail".  We could roll our own like
we did when sourceware was new but that means being diligent about
security issues.

I think I've just convinced myself to look into using postfix and
mailman.  I'll try to do that in the next few days.

cgf