SV: Dead project : no updates of released branches ... not anymore possible to package for distributions ?

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> From: Olivier Berger [[email protected]]
> Sent: 2010-03-24 14:06:51 MET
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [phpGroupWare-developers] Dead project : no updates of=09rel=
eased branches ... not anymore possible to package for distributions=09?
>=20
> Le mercredi 24 mars 2010 =E0 13:04 +0100, Benoit Hamet a =E9crit :
> > Hi Olivier,
> > Hi All,
> >=20
> > Olivier Berger a =E9crit :
> > > Hi.
> > >=20
> > > I'm worried as the "official" current Debian maintainer of phpgroupwa=
re.
> > >=20
> > > There have been quite a few security issues found in phpgroupware, th=
at
> > > have been "fixed" by applying patches in the Debian package, which we=
re
> > > 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/phpgroupwar=
e
> > > Problems have mostly been addressed by direct email contact with a fe=
w
> > > 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.
> >=20
>=20
> OK, excellent news.
>=20
> >=20
> > >=20
> > > Even though there are patches floating around, you aren't managing th=
em
> > > through the bugtracker, nor releasing updated archives for the projec=
t.
> > > I don't know what your habits are, but for me, the bugracker is the m=
ain
> > > 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.
> >=20
>=20
> OK... not dead, but barely breathing ;)
>=20
> > 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 th=
e
> > next php version in Debian isn't it ?), or try to move on with a new
> > code, supporting >=3D php 5.2.
> >=20
>=20
> Can you point me to some more details about incompatibility with PHP
> 5.3 ?
>=20

The version in my personal branch in the svn - which contains the essential=
s - are on 5.3.2

Still - it looks like that it is not going to be merged with the official t=
runk for a long time.
I'm part of a project that actively maintain the code - and frequently back=
port 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

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