Re: Packaging the nusoap PHP lib instead of embedded copies ?
Le dimanche 24 mai 2009 à 09:28 +0200, Patrick Schoenfeld a écrit :
> Hi Olivier,
>
> >
> > FYI, the package has been made, sponsored, uploaded and accepted
> > (thanks, that was quick ;), and is now available at :
> > http://packages.qa.debian.org/n/nusoap.html
>
> I have mixed feeling about this. Of course it is good that someone went
> on and packaged it, but.. are you able to support it over the usual
> Debian work?
I hope so.
> Because actually I removed the parts from the mantis packaging
> that used nusoap as I feared that using a bundled code copy is already
> bad, but using a dead-upstream bundled code-copy is even worse.
Sure... but at the same time, as it is used in quite a few packages for
SOAP webservices interface, I very much expect that either all of them
are unsafe, or nobody really uses it...
Anyway, have you a particular concern with specific pieces of the code ?
> Well, I now realize that upstream might not be dead.. its last release
> was 4 years ago but there were quiet a lot commits. These fix some
> bugs.. are they included in the packaging?
Not yet.
> Do yo work with upstream to make a release sooner or later?
I suppose I shall try and do that sooner or later.
But any help will of course be welcome.
Best regards,
--
Olivier BERGER <olivier.berger@it-sudparis.eu>
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Ingénieur Recherche - Dept INF
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