Re: Status of Kolab Community Edition?

Geoff Nordli <[email protected]> Thu, 2 May 2024 15:01:54 -0700
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There is a lot of development still going on.

Is there a suggested on the best distribution to use with kolab?    
Alma, Rocky 9, Debian, Ubuntu?

thanks,

Geoff

On 2024-05-01 13:06, Lennart Ackermans wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Development is certainly ongoing (see git.kolab.org 
> <https://git.kolab.org/>). My impression is that the management of 
> Apheleia (the company that now owns Kolab) has decided to not actively 
> work on the community. I don't blame them, they can spend their money 
> how they want to. They still make available all their packages to the 
> community. I think Debian 11 should already work and Debian 12 is 
> being worked on. (I don't know the status of other distros.) So the 
> project is not dead, it's just that the community documentation is not 
> being updated.
>
> I do think that the situation has improved since a while ago. 
> Developers engage with the community now on git.kolab.org 
> <https://git.kolab.org/> (wasn't the case before).
>
> If there's any hope for the documentation it has to be the community 
> itself that revives it. I believe anyone can contribute to the 
> documentation on git.kolab.org.  (I did manage to get something added 
> to the docs a while ago.) Next time I'm updating my Debian 
> installation I will consider addings some documentation. But I'm very 
> limited on time (and I suspect most here are).
>
> But really, things will only improve if we do it ourselves!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Lennart
>
>
> On 01-05-2024 19:01, Carpenter, Troy wrote:
>> Another "me too" email.  My system is still on Centos 7.  I have 
>> never found the time to resolve all the upgrade/migration issues to a 
>> new OS.  I have been looking for a replacement groupware system, but 
>> haven't really found one.  Mailcow looked promising, but me and my 
>> users have gotten used to how Kolab works both via Roundcube and 
>> mobile clients.
>>
>> Things seemed promising about a year ago when the new management 
>> chimed in here on the future of Kolab, but then radio silence after 
>> that.
>>
>> Troy
>>
>> On 2024-05-01 11:50 AM, Eric Chaput wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm in a similar situation, and will soon need to upgrade from 
>>> Debian 10 to 11.
>>>
>>> I tried a few times to ask questions on the IRC channel on Libera, on
>>> which there are always a few users, but silence.
>>>
>>> Unfortuntely if I'm unable to upgrade I will have to migrate away from
>>> Kolab Community ;(
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Eric
>>>
>>> On 2024-05-01 07:41, Reitelbach, Thomas wrote:
>>>> Hallo list,
>>>>
>>>> I wonder if there is any development ongoing on Kolab Enterprise 
>>>> and/or Kolab Community Edition. It's very quiet on the lists and I 
>>>> have difficulties getting usable and reliable information on the 
>>>> web regarding Kolab.
>>>> Documentation for Kolab seems very outdated, it references Builds 
>>>> for Operating systems that do not work at this time (Debian 10, 
>>>> CentOS 7 and so on). The referenced mirrors in this documentation 
>>>> do not work, referenced Package signatures (for example for debian) 
>>>> do not work or the GPG Keys are simply missing and so on.
>>>> The different projects on OBS seem all not usable, are missing 
>>>> packages or have serveral failed packages.
>>>>
>>>> I found blog entries regarding installation on Alma Linux which 
>>>> seems to be the current reference installation, but even this does 
>>>> not work (installation works, but after setup-kolab it leaves an 
>>>> unusable kolab installation, for example mailboxes for new users 
>>>> are not beeing created.
>>>> Or, if mailbox creation works somehow, roundcube users can only see 
>>>> their mailbox but none of the additional folders, even if they are 
>>>> existing on the imap store.
>>>>
>>>> So can someone please enlighten me if there is any work in progress 
>>>> on the community edition at all? For me the project - as I see it 
>>>> right now - looks dead. This would be very sad, as I'm a kolab 
>>>> users since Kolab 2 and I really love it.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Thomas
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> users mailing list
>>>> [email protected]
>>>> https://lists.kolab.org/mailman/listinfo/users
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> users mailing list
>>> [email protected]
>>> https://lists.kolab.org/mailman/listinfo/users
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> users mailing list
>> [email protected]
>> https://lists.kolab.org/mailman/listinfo/users
>
> _______________________________________________
> users mailing list
> [email protected]
> https://lists.kolab.org/mailman/listinfo/users
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    <p>There is a lot of development still going on. <br>
    </p>
    <p>Is there a suggested on the best distribution to use with
      kolab?    Alma, Rocky 9, Debian, Ubuntu?   <br>
    </p>
    <p>thanks,</p>
    <p>Geoff <br>
    </p>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2024-05-01 13:06, Lennart Ackermans
      wrote:<br>
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      <p>Hi everyone,</p>
      <p>Development is certainly ongoing (see <a
          href="https://git.kolab.org/" moz-do-not-send="true">git.kolab.org</a>).
        My impression is that the management of Apheleia (the company
        that now owns Kolab) has decided to not actively work on the
        community. I don't blame them, they can spend their money how
        they want to. They still make available all their packages to
        the community. I think Debian 11 should already work and Debian
        12 is being worked on. (I don't know the status of other
        distros.) So the project is not dead, it's just that the
        community documentation is not being updated.<br>
      </p>
      <p>I do think that the situation has improved since a while ago.
        Developers engage with the community now on <a
          href="https://git.kolab.org/" moz-do-not-send="true">git.kolab.org</a>
        (wasn't the case before).</p>
      <p>If there's any hope for the documentation it has to be the
        community itself that revives it. I believe anyone can
        contribute to the documentation on git.kolab.org.  (I did manage
        to get something added to the docs a while ago.) Next time I'm
        updating my Debian installation I will consider addings some
        documentation. But I'm very limited on time (and I suspect most
        here are).</p>
      <p>But really, things will only improve if we do it ourselves!</p>
      <p>Best wishes,</p>
      <p>Lennart<br>
      </p>
      <p><br>
      </p>
      <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 01-05-2024 19:01, Carpenter, Troy
        wrote:<br>
      </div>
      <blockquote type="cite"
        cite="mid:[email protected]">Another
        "me too" email.  My system is still on Centos 7.  I have never
        found the time to resolve all the upgrade/migration issues to a
        new OS.  I have been looking for a replacement groupware system,
        but haven't really found one.  Mailcow looked promising, but me
        and my users have gotten used to how Kolab works both via
        Roundcube and mobile clients. <br>
        <br>
        Things seemed promising about a year ago when the new management
        chimed in here on the future of Kolab, but then radio silence
        after that. <br>
        <br>
        Troy <br>
        <br>
        On 2024-05-01 11:50 AM, Eric Chaput wrote: <br>
        <blockquote type="cite">Hi, <br>
          <br>
          I'm in a similar situation, and will soon need to upgrade from
          Debian 10 to 11. <br>
          <br>
          I tried a few times to ask questions on the IRC channel on
          Libera, on <br>
          which there are always a few users, but silence. <br>
          <br>
          Unfortuntely if I'm unable to upgrade I will have to migrate
          away from <br>
          Kolab Community ;( <br>
          <br>
          Thanks <br>
          <br>
          Eric <br>
          <br>
          On 2024-05-01 07:41, Reitelbach, Thomas wrote: <br>
          <blockquote type="cite">Hallo list, <br>
            <br>
            I wonder if there is any development ongoing on Kolab
            Enterprise and/or Kolab Community Edition. It's very quiet
            on the lists and I have difficulties getting usable and
            reliable information on the web regarding Kolab. <br>
            Documentation for Kolab seems very outdated, it references
            Builds for Operating systems that do not work at this time
            (Debian 10, CentOS 7 and so on). The referenced mirrors in
            this documentation do not work, referenced Package
            signatures (for example for debian) do not work or the GPG
            Keys are simply missing and so on. <br>
            The different projects on OBS seem all not usable, are
            missing packages or have serveral failed packages. <br>
            <br>
            I found blog entries regarding installation on Alma Linux
            which seems to be the current reference installation, but
            even this does not work (installation works, but after
            setup-kolab it leaves an unusable kolab installation, for
            example mailboxes for new users are not beeing created. <br>
            Or, if mailbox creation works somehow, roundcube users can
            only see their mailbox but none of the additional folders,
            even if they are existing on the imap store. <br>
            <br>
            So can someone please enlighten me if there is any work in
            progress on the community edition at all? For me the project
            - as I see it right now - looks dead. This would be very
            sad, as I'm a kolab users since Kolab 2 and I really love
            it. <br>
            <br>
            Cheers <br>
            Thomas <br>
            _______________________________________________ <br>
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              moz-do-not-send="true">https://lists.kolab.org/mailman/listinfo/users</a>
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          <br>
          <br>
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          users mailing list <br>
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            href="mailto:[email protected]" moz-do-not-send="true">[email protected]</a>
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            href="https://lists.kolab.org/mailman/listinfo/users"
            moz-do-not-send="true">https://lists.kolab.org/mailman/listinfo/users</a>
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        <br>
        _______________________________________________ <br>
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          href="mailto:[email protected]" moz-do-not-send="true">[email protected]</a>
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          href="https://lists.kolab.org/mailman/listinfo/users"
          moz-do-not-send="true">https://lists.kolab.org/mailman/listinfo/users</a>
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