[ubuntu-server] Mail Stack Name RFC

[Scott Kitterman]

On Monday, May 17, 2010 12:48:40 pm Eric Hammond wrote:
(top posting fixed)
> On May 17, 2010, at 7:12 AM, Adam Sommer <asommer70 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > At the mail integration session during UDS last week, it was discussed to 
come up with some  better names for the dovecot-postfix and the new amavisd-
postfix packages.  Something that iwould be more descriptive of what the 
package does.  Some ideas were:
> >   dovecot-postifx (backend): deliver, mail-stack, authentication
> >   amavis-postfix (front-end): reception, mail-stack,
> >   mail-stack-filtering, border
> > 
> > My personal preference is mail-stack-authentication and
> > mail-stack-filtering, but we would like to solicit some additional
> > ideas.  Since these packages do multiple things choosing a name that
> > covers each feature is somewhat difficult.
> > 
> > Thanks for your help.
> I assume you're not renaming postfix, so I would vote for keeping the
> clear, descriptive name dovecot-postfix.  The other choices are more
> confusing to me.
> 
> If a set of names are desired for new Linux server users, then perhaps they
> belong in some simplified view where choices are reduced a la tasksel.
> 
No, we are not renaming postfix.

dovecot-postfix is only clear if you know about different *nix LDAs and MTAs.  
We'd still keep the specifics in the package description, but want to move to 
something function for the package name.

This is part of the initiative to build up different community supported 
"stacks" in the Ubuntu Server world.  As it happens, mail and cluster are the 
two areas where we have existing work to build on.

Scott K