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

[Sigurd Nes]

> From: Olivier Berger address@hidden
> Sent: 2010-04-01 13:01:40 MEST
> To: address@hidden
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [phpGroupWare-developers] Dead project : no updates of   
> released branches ... not anymore possible to package   for     distributions 
>   ?
> 
> Hi.
> 
> Le jeudi 01 avril 2010 à 11:40 +0200, Sigurd Nes a écrit :
> > christian bac wrote:
> > > 
> > > this started from some security issues pointed out in debian and concern
> > > about phpgroupware been in the next debian or not.
> > > 
> > > Oliver and I are packaging the stable version of phpgroupware from the
> > > phpgroupware tarball.
> > > 
> 
> For sure, phpGroupware project may release a new stable version whenever
> it wants ;)
> 
> > > If you decide to produce a tarball from your trunk version we will
> > > package it. 
> > > 
> 
> Uh... may there be an official trunk we could package it, for sure,
> maybe at least for Debian's experimental archive.
> 
> > > Perhaps are we wasting our time discussing the matter of phpgroupware
> > > 0.9.16.15 instead of just jumping to 0.9.17.01.
> > > 
> 
> I think there should be some clear roadmap and schedule for a new
> release of the project in any case, before we do something in Debian.
> 
> Maybe I missed it, but I haven't seen any clear plans.
> 
> > > I started to bug hung the 0.9.16.15. Its look like some huge work and I
> > > will not do that.
> > > 
> > > If we do something with oliver, it will be to package the version "as
> > > is" and if it is unusable, this will prove that no one use it in debian.
> > > 
> > 
> 
> The problem may be that no one actually uses a version packaged for
> Debian and so noone would report bugs ;-)
> 
> > Great !
> > 
> 
> Hold on, let's calm down and think a little bit.
> 
> > I will need some days to do some polishing and testing.
> > 
> > The system version can now be separated from the internal api-version - the 
> > system version should be named 0.9.17.01?
> > 
> > Is there a deadline?
> 
> OK... who's in charge of phpGW here, and what's the projects shedule for
> another "stable" release compatible with PHP 5.3, first ?
> 

Ok - I'm holding on (but not my breath..) and staying calm.
Imho - we could get out the 0.9.18 - and in parallell start the "next 
generation".


Regards

Sigurd