ICU 64 requirement

[LaurensVanAcker]

Hi

Is the ICU v64 requirement necessary?
The HOWTO mentions "apt-get install libicu-dev", but Ubuntu is using v63 at the moment: https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=default&section=all&arch=any&keywords=libicu-dev&searchon=names

checking pkg-config is at least version 0.25... yes
checking for ICU_UC... no
checking for ICU_I18N... no
configure: error: icu 64 or higher is required, but was not found.

[slavkoja]

see #31

[LaurensVanAcker]

Thanks, I changed >=64 to >=63 and he is indexing all mails now.

[grosjo]

If there is no issue with 63, I will change the requirement down

[slavkoja]

@LaurensVanAcker BTW, if you are interested, i have debian package for it, the debian directory you can find here https://git.slavino.sk/mojrepo.git/tree/testing/dovecot-xapian and the package for stable is here https://debs.slavino.sk/pool/main/d/dovecot-xapian/ (beware, not tested yet)

[LaurensVanAcker]

That's interesting, thanks for the tip! Is the Debian package updated manual or automatically on GIT pushes? You should add it to the Ubuntu default apt index?
I can confirm it's running perfectly with v63. It indexed years of mails and I can search Dutch terms using Roundcube and BlueMail.

[slavkoja]

IMO, here is not proper place to discuss my repo ;-)

[LaurensVanAcker]

You are right. I can confirm it's running perfectly with v63. It indexed years of mails and I can search Dutch terms using Roundcube and BlueMail. I'm closing this issue as a commit already exists to fix this issue.

[Jean-Daniel]

Can we now why v64 was chosen in the first place. I was running the plugin flawlessly on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for some times (ICU 60) without any issue, but now I can't upgrade due to this new requirement.

Note: Switching back to v60 in the configure script let me built it without issue.

[grosjo]

Can we now why v64 was chosen in the first place. I was running the plugin flawlessly on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for some times (ICU 60) without any issue, but now I can't upgrade due to this new requirement.

Note: Switching back to v60 in the configure script let me built it without issue.

Because I was not able to test it on old releases (my servers are on Archlinux, using latest versions)

[grosjo]

@Jean-Daniel Can you confirm 60 is good enough in production use ?