On May 23, 2009, at 5:10 PM, Wietse Venema wrote:
Scott Haneda:
I have a test server about ready to become a live server, version
2.5.5. Is it correct that prior to the 2.6 release, that 2.5.7 would
be the latest I want to run?
Unlike other products, you are not expected to stop using Postfix
version X when Postfix version X+1 is released.
Postfix 2.5.7 has defect fixes back-ported from Postfix 2.6.0.
Postfix 2.6.0 introduces new features, new incompatibilities, and
opportunties for new defects.
Use Postfix 2.6 if you need the new features, otherwise use Postfix
2.5. The same applies for the earlier releases for which fixes are
still being released: Postfix 2.3 and Postfix 2.4. Of course it
will be harder to answer questions about older versions.
Thank you Wietse. One point of clarification please. If 2.5.7 has
defect back ports from 2.6, then that equates to new features brought
into 2.5.7?
I am not looking to gain any new features, I am very happy with my
current feature set, excellent results so far. I only want to make
sure that comparing 2.2.5 to 2.5.7 has no security implications.
Feature wise, I am more than happy.
Thank you
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