Re: RFP: nextcloud -- self-hosted cloud services

[Moritz Mühlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 12:02:59PM +0200, Xavier Bestel wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> * Package name    : nextcloud
>   Version         : 9
>   Upstream Author : Frank Karlitschek <frank@karlitschek.de>
> * URL             : https://www.nextcloud.com/
> * License         : AGPL
>   Programming Lang: PHP
>   Description     : self-hosted cloud services
> 
> Nextcloud gives you a private, secure way to share, work with others and access your own data using an easy to use interface. Be it music, calendar appointments, bookmarks, email or your documents, Nextcloud keeps your data safe.
> Nextcloud gives organizations control over their data. Manage access to data and communication across devices and platforms, on-premise, on existing storage or with cloud storage. Nextcloud integrates in your infrastructure, offering the extensibility and features you need.
> 
> Given that Nextcloud is an Owncloud fork, with the same people behind it, and that Owncloud upstream has always had a difficult relationship with distro maintainers, there may be problems for packaging that correctly.
> But Nextcloud is still a highly relevant package for Debian.

Nack. It's not an important package if we can't support it properly.
Let's not repeat the owncloud disaster.

Cheers,
        Moritz