Postfix package improvements

Registered by Scott Kitterman

Postfix is the standard MTA for Ubuntu. The current packaging doesn't fully support all the upstream capabilities in the current release. We should add multi-instance support and sqlite support and review recent enhancements to postfix to see if we've missed anything else.

Blueprint information

Status:
Not started
Approver:
Antonio Rosales
Priority:
Low
Drafter:
None
Direction:
Approved
Assignee:
Scott Kitterman
Definition:
Approved
Series goal:
Accepted for precise
Implementation:
Deferred
Milestone target:
milestone icon ubuntu-12.04-beta-1

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Sprints

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Status: low priority so postponing work items and deferring work to Q

Work Items:
[lamont] multinstance support: DONE
[clint-fewbar] upstart documentation: POSTPONED
[clint-fewbar] apport pattern for invalid hostname: DONE
[lamont] not preseedable - investigate if this is fixable and document it either way: POSTPONED
[lamont] sqlite support: DONE
[clint-fewbar] No backscatter by default on new install - investigate: POSTPONED
[dannf] - unchroot script: POSTPONED
[ivoks] - mail stack deployments via puppet, etc.: POSTPONED
[kitterman] clean up deprecated packaging changes: DONE

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* Blueprints in grey have been implemented.