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authorGuilhem Moulin <guilhem@debian.org>2022-02-25 23:07:43 +0100
committerGuilhem Moulin <guilhem@debian.org>2022-02-25 23:07:43 +0100
commit578a902cf0f339316901b31c91be364fbfcc42ca (patch)
tree1cbf799f7a28853e37dd0f7a97837289ec081e6c
parent18e4d0bec79eb1c7d0001721dde00b11446987c4 (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/control10
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