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author | Guilhem Moulin <guilhem@debian.org> | 2022-02-25 23:07:43 +0100 |
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committer | Guilhem Moulin <guilhem@debian.org> | 2022-02-25 23:07:43 +0100 |
commit | 578a902cf0f339316901b31c91be364fbfcc42ca (patch) | |
tree | 1cbf799f7a28853e37dd0f7a97837289ec081e6c | |
parent | 18e4d0bec79eb1c7d0001721dde00b11446987c4 (diff) |
d/control: Mention alternatives in long descriptions.
Namely OfflineIMAP for InterIMAP, and fetchmail/getmail for PullIMAP.
This should improve visibility.
-rw-r--r-- | debian/control | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control index 3156f04..7415e63 100644 --- a/debian/control +++ b/debian/control @@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ Depends: libdbd-sqlite3-perl, Suggests: dovecot-imapd (>= 1:2~) Description: Fast bidirectional synchronization for QRESYNC-capable IMAP servers InterIMAP performs stateful bi-directional synchronization between two - IMAP4rev1 servers. Compared to the so-called "full" synchronization - solutions, InterIMAP is both much faster and parsimonious in network - traffic. + IMAP4rev1 servers. Compared to alternatives such as OfflineIMAP, InterIMAP + trades flexibility and IMAPd compatibility for performance; it is both *much* + faster and parsimonious in network traffic. . Stateful synchronization is made possible by the QRESYNC extension from [RFC7162]; for convenience reasons servers must also support LIST-EXTENDED @@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ Architecture: all Depends: libinterimap (= ${binary:Version}), ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends} Description: Pull mails from an IMAP mailbox and deliver them via SMTP or LMTP PullIMAP retrieves messages from an IMAP mailbox and deliver them to an - SMTP or LMTP transmission channel. + SMTP or LMTP transmission channel. Compared to alternatives such as fetchmail + or getmail, PullIMAP trades flexibility and IMAPd compatibility for + performance. . A statefile is used to keep track of the mailbox's UIDVALIDITY and UIDNEXT values. While PullIMAP is running, the statefile is also used to keep |