Re: Bug#790814: getting Kanboard into Debian

[Joe Nahmias <joe@nahmias.net>]

Hello,

On Fri, Jun 01, 2018 at 08:06:03PM +0200, Carsten Schoenert wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Sat, May 05, 2018 at 08:57:17PM +0200, Daniel Pocock wrote:
> ... 
> > Most of the above steps should be done by the package itself.  If
> > anybody has time to help finish the package I'd be happy to install it
> > on the outreach-lab.debian.net server.  The package doesn't need to be
> > uploaded into Debian, just as long as the necessary changes are in a
> > clone of the Git repository so I can build the package myself.
> > Alternatively, maybe somebody can check with other teams using Kanboard
> > to see if they have packaged it in another repository or something.
> 
> I did a closer look today at this report and based on the existing work
> I used the recent version to prepare a packaging that is at least
> working for me right now at home. But it's not finished and still not
> ready for uploading to NEW. So if anybody want's to pick up my work feel
> free.
> 
> https://salsa.debian.org/tijuca/kanboard
> 
> The packages are working so far but it's possible that some dependencies
> are left missing.
> Also there should be packages for kanboard-nginx and kanboard-lighttpd
> provided by the packging. Can be done later I guess.
> 
> If ever possible the .htaccess file should be dropped and not used
> (because of performance reasons). The resulting Apache2 config will need
> some more tuning so user can add more own aliases without conflicting
> future updates of the package.
> 
> Lintian isn't really happy.
> 
> $ lintian -IE
> E: kanboard source: source-is-missing assets/js/app.min.js
> E: kanboard source: source-is-missing assets/js/vendor.min.js
> I: kanboard source: testsuite-autopkgtest-missing
> W: kanboard-common: new-package-should-close-itp-bug
> I: kanboard-common: extra-license-file usr/share/doc/kanboard/LICENSE
> I: kanboard-common: font-in-non-font-package usr/share/kanboard/vendor/gregwar/captcha/src/Gregwar/Captcha/Font/captcha0.ttf
> I: kanboard-common: font-in-non-font-package usr/share/kanboard/vendor/gregwar/captcha/src/Gregwar/Captcha/Font/captcha1.ttf
> I: kanboard-common: font-in-non-font-package usr/share/kanboard/vendor/gregwar/captcha/src/Gregwar/Captcha/Font/captcha2.ttf
> I: kanboard-common: font-in-non-font-package ... use --no-tag-display-limit to see all (or pipe to a file/program)
> E: kanboard-common: php-script-but-no-php-cli-dep usr/share/kanboard/vendor/swiftmailer/swiftmailer/lib/swiftmailer_generate_mimes_config.php #!/usr/bin/php
> W: kanboard-apache2: new-package-should-close-itp-bug
> 
> The minified JS code may be a problem. The file app.min.js looks like
> kanboard specific file, but no unminified file available. This needs to
> be asked and discussed upstream.
> The other file, vendor.min.js, is from jquery 2.2.4, Debian has
> libjs-jquery 3.2.1 and the files aren't compatible anymore. Also a point
> that needs to be cleared with upstream.
> 
> The font files in vendor/gregwar/captcha/src/Gregwar/Captcha/Font aren't
> packaged yet in Debian, a proper way would be to package this font also
> and link the files while packaging.
> 
> The lintina error about missing php-cli seems a false positive to me as
> d/control has a dependency on php-cli.
> 
> The files LICENSE is used to show the MIT license within the WebUI, the
> common licenses in /u/s doesn't have the Expat/MIT license and the file
> might be placed better somethere else (and maybe with a different name).
> This requires a modification to patch in debian/patches.
> 
> Regards
> Carsten

So, it's been approximately 2.5 years. I've just discovered kanboard and
introduced it to my team at $job and they seem to like it. Any objections
if I take this over and try to fix it up and get it into Debian?

Thanks,
--Joe