Bug#459759: libmail-imapclient-perl: imapsync doesn't work withMail::IMAPClient 3.xx

[Gilles LAMIRAL]

Hello,

Stop CC: too much, I received last message 4 times.
459759 at bugs.debian.org is enough.

> > imapsync doesn't work with Mail::IMAPClient 3.xx
> > imapsync   works fine with Mail::IMAPClient 2.2.9
> I haven't taken a deeper look into the code, but what's wrong with
> adapting imapsync to work with Mail::IMAPClient 3.x? 

Since old Mail::IMAPClient maintainer ended maintaining it,
imapsync added some code patching bugs and still calling old
"good" routines. Those calls don't work with 3.xx

> There's even a patch in the bugreport you quote.

Not enough.

> And I still fail to see what _exactly_ is wrong in the new
> version of Mail::IMAPClient. The upstream author is very
> responsive but I guess "my application doesn't work
> anymore" is not enough to make him change the code.

Yes, I said "my application doesn't work anymore" but I didn't
say "change the code". Changing the code is a bad idea.

I just say to debian maintainers "wait before upgrading to
3.xx since it breaks imapsync, that is to say 25% of reverse
dependencies of libmail-imapclient-perl".

Just wait, or better, reverse to the old working 2.2.9 one,
at least for lenny/testing.  

Keep 3.xx work in /tmp/, it will work when imapsync is
ready.

imapsync will support 3.xx, 2.2.9, and everyone will be
happy :-) for the moment, it doesn't.

It is my last message about this, I won't fight with this
problem anymore. I'll spend my time fixing/coding imapsync,
knowing 3.xx adaptation is not a priority. It was but I
spent to much time on this subject with the Mail::IMAPClient
new maintainer, debugging his new code that could not work,
knowing he told me it worked and suggested my environment
was the problem, I really believed it, I was wrong :-)

3.xx might be good now and near a good link with imapsync.
I need to adapt imapsync and my test suite to check that.
Before that test, 3.xx is still beta code for me.  3.xx new
maintainer has no regression test, I have and I respect
them.

Unlike this message suggests it, I'm happy and proud
there is a new maintainer for Mail::IMAPClient, really.
imapsync has a foundation : Mail::IMAPClient

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