Re: Perhaps it's time for a new fork

Yeah. I've taken a crack at this a few different times but always ended up stuck (I'm no PHP dev, though.) It really seemed to get convoluted when it came to an HTMLPurifier replacement. I got quite lost there. I'd imagine there's many ways to replace it (via code or additional tools) but I'm simply not that well versed in web design.

Good luck to anyone in this attempt to help revive Maia! If it happens, I'll see what I can do to get it tested and re-added to the FBSD ports tree. 

Regards,
Janky Jay, III 

On September 12, 2025 12:27:40 AM UTC, jjs - mainphrame <[email protected]> wrote:
>So, I set up the Debian 13 machine, did the maia install (using the debian
>11 installer, since the debian 13 installer won't install the web part) and
>as expected, configtest,pl was perfect, while configtest.php crashed and
>burned.
>
>Now the real work begins.
>
>I ran the php code directory through phpcs (php code sniffer)
>which generated over 80,000 lines of errors.
>
>Well, everybody needs a hobby, right?
>
>Joe
>
>On Thu, Sep 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM jjs - mainphrame <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Thanks PJ - that is my approach as well.
>>
>> I plan to start with a Debian 13 machine, install maia from
>> https://github.com/einheit/maia_mailguard_1.04a, work on it until the
>> install finishes successfully, then look at all the use cases I can think
>> of.
>>
>> I'll share any progress I make.
>>
>> Joe
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM P.J. Tezza <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I happen to have a huge number of other things I have to do this week
>>> and next, but, given that more than one person said they were interested
>>> in keeping Maia alive and the success with the Perl bits, I had planned
>>> to work on the PHP bits some time soon. I would be happy to contribute.
>>> My basic plan was to setup a Debian server and hack on the PHP until it
>>> works.
>>>
>>> I suspect that most of the PHP hacking will be locating and installing
>>> updated dependencies and making and related code changes (particularly
>>> to the code that checks the dependencies). For dependencies, my
>>> preference is to use standard Debian packages as much as possible. In
>>> the ideal case, there will be usable Debian packages for all the
>>> dependencies on the standard Debian distribution servers.
>>>
>>> PJ
>>>
>>> On 9/11/25 3:01 PM, jjs - mainphrame wrote:
>>> > Since nobody else has committed to the effort, I'm willing to at least
>>> > give it a try.
>>> >
>>> > I don't have unlimited time, but I'm going to start looking into
>>> > updating the maia codebase to make it compatible with php 8.
>>> >
>>> > If anybody else wants to contribute, I'd welcome the help.
>>> >
>>> > Joe
>>> >
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