Re: [phpGroupWare-developers] [Fwd: RFS: phpgroupware]

[Olivier Berger]

Hi.

For your information, I have discussed the subject of re-addition of
phpGroupware into the Debian distribution this weekend at FOSDEM.

The reaction of the Debian release / QA team was a bit frightening. They
seem to be quite epidermic and remebering of bad memories with the
package. Actually, it seems they tend to fear most web apps like
wordpress, or others, which tend to lead to lots of maintenance because
of many discovered vulnerabilities.

I will try and ask for more help (sponsoring, and validation for
inclusion in the distro in order to have it in testing soon, in order
for readiness for next lenny release) on the debian-devel list, and
maybe we'll get more detailed discussion...

I'd welcome all possible help from other interested people, including
phpGroupware developpers (Dave ?) in order to maximize chances for its
reinclusion in Debian.

We shall see what happends, but I must say my optimism is moderate, as
Debian is soon entering freeze state, and they probably want to minimize
most unnecessary problems.

I'll keep you updated as soon as something significant happens.

Regards,

Le vendredi 22 février 2008 à 18:33 +0100, Olivier Berger a écrit :
> Hi.
> 
> FYI, I've made some Debian packages, and tested them a little bit... it
> seems operational :)
> 
> So I sent a RFS in the row, so that I may eventually discuss that
> packaging live with Debian sponsors this weekend at the FOSDEM.
> 
> Of course, your comments are most welcome.
> 
> Best regards,
> -------- Message transféré --------
> De: Olivier Berger <address@hidden>
> À: address@hidden
> Cc: Christian BAC <address@hidden>
> Sujet: RFS: phpgroupware
> Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:31:08 +0100
> 
> Dear mentors,
> 
> I am looking for a sponsor for the package "phpgroupware".
> 
> * Package name    : phpgroupware
>   Version         : 1:0.9.16.012+dfsg-1
>   Upstream Author : Multiple authors of the phpGroupware.org project + FSF 
> (part of the GNU project)
> * URL             : www.phpgroupware.org
> * License         : Most under GNU GPL
>   Section         : web
> 
> It builds these binary packages:
> phpgroupware - Web based groupware system written in PHP
> phpgroupware-0.9.16 - Web based groupware system written in PHP
> phpgroupware-0.9.16-addressbook - phpGroupWare addressbook management module
> phpgroupware-0.9.16-admin - phpGroupWare administration module
> phpgroupware-0.9.16-calendar - phpGroupWare calendar management module
> phpgroupware-0.9.16-core - Core applications of a groupware system based on 
> phpGroupware
> phpgroupware-0.9.16-core-base - Base components of the phpGroupware 
> application server
> phpgroupware-0.9.16-doc - Web based groupware system written in PHP
> phpgroupware-0.9.16-email - phpGroupWare E-Mail client module
> phpgroupware-0.9.16-filemanager - phpGroupWare filemanager module
> phpgroupware-0.9.16-manual - phpGroupWare on-line manual module
> phpgroupware-0.9.16-notes - phpGroupWare notes management module
> phpgroupware-0.9.16-phpgwapi - library of common phpGroupWare functions
> phpgroupware-0.9.16-preferences - phpGroupWare preferences management module
> phpgroupware-0.9.16-setup - phpGroupWare setup III module
> phpgroupware-0.9.16-todo - phpGroupWare todo list management module
> 
> The upload would fix these bugs: 464014
> 
> The package can be found on mentors.debian.net:
> - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/p/phpgroupware
> - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main 
> contrib non-free
> - dget 
> http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/p/phpgroupware/phpgroupware_0.9.16.012+dfsg-1.dsc
> 
> Note that this package is still in stable, but was removed from the
> distribution recently since maintainer was MIA. More details on the
> history of the package in
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=464014 and
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=453467
> This explains why I changed epoch.
> 
> The binary packages are not as numerous as the ones in he previous
> package, in order to limit the amount of unmaintained or difficult to
> maintain code. More details are provided in the enclosed README.Debian
> files.
> 
> Note that the binary packages contain 0.9.16 in order to prepare for
> potential release of phpGroupware 0.9.18 (upstream is optimistic on
> stabilization ofa release soon) and a coexistence period of both
> versions in Debian.
> 
> The package's scripts or patches were not touched compared to previous
> packaging, and only the build process was changed to produce a different
> binary packages layout.
> 
> Also we intend to do collaborative maintenance on the package (together
> with Christian Bac, in CC:, and any other volunteers), so we hope to be
> able to use alioth resources maybe.
> 
> We hope this will help solve some of the problems that occurred on
> previous packaging of the software.
> 
> For the records, I have no formal past track record as Debian
> maintainer, but I have been involved in producing local unofficial
> packages for our PicoForge software (www.picoforge.org), together with
> Christian, and am also contributing to testing and fixing bugs on the
> (official) Sympa package, trying to help its maintainer (racke). Besides
> that I'm also a Debian fan, and the BTS knows me ;)
> 
> Btw, I may meet some of you this weekend at the FOSDEM, where it may be
> more convenient to discuss packaging of phpGroupware.
> 
> Kind regards
>  Olivier Berger
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