Bug#326398: Joomla! in Debian

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 07:16:51PM +0100, Ove Kaaven wrote:
> Moritz Muehlenhoff skrev:
> >Ove Kaaven wrote:
> >>Hi fellas,
> >>
> >>A while ago, Alex de Oliveira Silva expressed intent to package Joomla!, 
> >>a content management system. It's a package I'm interested in right now. 
> >>Unfortunately, it looks to me like Alex has gone MIA before finishing the 
> >>package.
> >>
> >>I could personally do any of: sponsoring an upload, adopting the package, 
> >>or even packaging it myself if I have to. If, however, Alex or his 
> >>previous sponsor (Daniel Ruoso) happen to have a copy of the current 
> >>state of the package, so I don't have to package it from scratch, it 
> >>might save me a bit of work (depending on how much time I want to spend 
> >>on the configuration process, I guess...)
> >
> >Ove,
> >an advance warning: Joomla! wouldn't be supported with security updates
> >in a stable release, since security problems are too frequent. There's also
> >serious concern, whether it's supportable through the life cycles of a
> >full Debian release.
> 
> I see. So if I make a package, maybe I should just be making it an 
> unofficial package, then. Hmm.

Or alternatively maintain it only in volatile.debian.org. Upgrading to
the latest upstream version in case of a security update is the way things
are happening in the web apps world anyway.

Cheers,
        Moritz