[Wolfi Package Request]: postfix

willdeane commented 7 months ago

What software would you like us to add to wolfi-os. Ideally include a URL to the project and its source.

which versions of the software should we include?

Latest stable

Add some justification for why this specific package and versions are important.

According to a recent survey (November 2023) postfix is the second most popular MTA after Exim https://www.securityspace.com/s_survey/data/man.202310/mxsurvey.html

It's included in default package repos for a number of distros including Ubuntu, Debian, Red Hat UBI, Alpine

Please check all that apply

[X] This package has an un-restrictive license
[X] The package/versions proposed are actively maintained upstream
[ ] I am interested in adding this package to Wolfi OS myself
[ ] I am willing to help maintain this package

polarathene commented 4 months ago

Postfix is also a popular choice for dockerized mail service images like mailu, mailcow and docker-mailserver (of which I'm a maintainer).

Although it doesn't appear that Wolfi has much mail software packaged?

IceCodeNew commented 1 month ago

I will take a look at it.

polarathene commented 1 month ago

@IceCodeNew I received a notification but the comment is not visible here. It misunderstood when the last Postfix release was, thinking it was two years ago.

Here is the Github mirror, it is actively maintained: https://github.com/vdukhovni/postfix
Last release was 3.9.0 in March 2024.
I actively maintain a docker project that uses Postfix, so it is very much still a relevant package (one of the leading ones for MTAs). Although I already pointed this out in my previous comment, so bit odd to think Postfix wouldn't be relevant 😅

Personally I'm not likely to use a Wolfi postfix myself as I get the impression that Wolfi would be a bit tricky to compose all the services that docker-mailserver bundles into one image.

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