SV: [phpGroupWare-developers] Dead project : no updates of released branches ... not anymore possible to package for distributions ?

[Sigurd Nes]

> From: Olivier Berger address@hidden
> Sent: 2010-03-24 14:06:51 MET
> To: address@hidden
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [phpGroupWare-developers] Dead project : no updates of   
> released branches ... not anymore possible to package for distributions ?
> 
> Le mercredi 24 mars 2010 à 13:04 +0100, Benoit Hamet a écrit :
> > Hi Olivier,
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > Olivier Berger a écrit :
> > > Hi.
> > > 
> > > I'm worried as the "official" current Debian maintainer of phpgroupware.
> > > 
> > > There have been quite a few security issues found in phpgroupware, that
> > > have been "fixed" by applying patches in the Debian package, which were
> > > never formally officially "managed" by the phpgroupware project in a
> > > sensible way. You may find a list of the most worrying ones in :
> > > http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/phpgroupware
> > > Problems have mostly been addressed by direct email contact with a few
> > > of you, but that ain't sustainable iMHO.
> > The release is already done. the 0.9.014 is available since some days
> > now but not yet officially announced on the main web site. I'm writing
> > the announcement atm. I hope to publish it at the end of the day.
> > 
> 
> OK, excellent news.
> 
> > 
> > > 
> > > Even though there are patches floating around, you aren't managing them
> > > through the bugtracker, nor releasing updated archives for the project.
> > > I don't know what your habits are, but for me, the bugracker is the main
> > > interface between a project and its users / packagers... failing to
> > > properly manage the tickets in the tracker is as important as failing to
> > > commit in the SVN.
> > The patches are commited in the svn. They were not published on the
> > official track manager due to lack of time. I know this is bad practice,
> > but we've got some man power problem.
> > 
> 
> OK... not dead, but barely breathing ;)
> 
> > That's a long time discussed problem. Either try to maintain a mostly
> > dead code that will not be supporting > php5.2 (AFAIK this should be the
> > next php version in Debian isn't it ?), or try to move on with a new
> > code, supporting >= php 5.2.
> > 
> 
> Can you point me to some more details about incompatibility with PHP
> 5.3 ?
> 

The version in my personal branch in the svn - which contains the essentials - 
are on 5.3.2

Still - it looks like that it is not going to be merged with the official trunk 
for a long time.
I'm part of a project that actively maintain the code - and frequently backport 
our work to savanna.
There is also four new modules not yet released in public : 1) booking, 2) 
catch(handheld integration) 3) lease management and 4) a public frontend

Regards

Sigurd