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Re: [Phpgroupware-developers] Clarification apps in 0.9.14.001 release a
From: |
W. Chris Shank |
Subject: |
Re: [Phpgroupware-developers] Clarification apps in 0.9.14.001 release and cvs stable branch |
Date: |
27 Nov 2002 19:39:44 -0500 |
Since Filemanager was replaced with phpWebHosting, does anyone know how
to get phpWebHosting to act like the old filemanager - as in being able
to share documents within a particular group?
On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 17:52, Dave Hall wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> This is intented to clarify some issues with the 0.9.14.001 release.
> While preparing this release we discovered that some apps were still
> tagged as 14-branch in cvs. We decided to remove the tags, as these
> apps were unmaintained and unsupported, and should not have been
> included in the 0.9.14.000 release.
>
> I am sorry that you were not advised of the apps being dropped and
> confusion that it has caused. The following apps have been dropped from
> the 14 branch in cvs and not included in the 0.9.14.001 release:
> * filemanager - replaced with phpwebhosting
> * rbs
> * tts - this has been readded but is not a supported app in .14
> * wap
> * wcm - use sitemgr
> * weather
>
> All of these apps are still available in HEAD, but unsupported. Use the
> following commands to grab them:
>
> # cd /path/to/phpgroupware/appname
> # cvs -z6 update -C -r HEAD
>
> Future cvs updates will then update these apps using head and your .14
> apps using the stable branch. Please note the C flag will grab a clean
> copy of the file. This means the old file is deleted, but it should
> prevent failed merges.
>
> Apps which are unmaintained and have bugs will not be released, for two
> reasons. Firstly it makes the project look bad including broken apps in
> a release. Secondly, it means people spend a lot of time supporting the
> app, instead of working on improving their own apps.
>
> Again, I appologize to anyone who has been inconvenienced by this
> change, and lack of communication. Our aim is to always provide you
> with the most stable release possible.
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave Hall (aka skwashd)
> Stable Release Coordinator