Re: Perhaps it's time for a new fork

Also, if possible/comfortable, please provide a link to any new forks/code so the rest of us can track it. It would be great to be able to contribute our chime in if I can. 

Regards,
Janky Jay, III 

On September 12, 2025 12:48:11 AM UTC, "Janky Jay, III" <[email protected]> wrote:
>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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