Bug#584073: RFP: sogo -- a modern and scalable groupware
On 10/09/2010 3:26 PM, Yavor Doganov wrote:
> В 14:33 +0800 на 10.09.2010 (пт), James Andrewartha написа:
>>> BTW, are you really using this beast or just filing the RFP "cause
>>> it's nice to have it in Debian"?
>>
>> I am using it, from upstream's repository.
>
> So if it is packaged for Debian you'd be a regular user of the official
> (i.e., Debian) packages, right?
Yes, I would.
>> So you can close this bug if you want, but I would appreciate you
>> contacting upstream about what's stopping it being in Debian.
>
> No, the bug should not be closed. These issues are more or less trivial
> to resolve. I was even considering retitling it to ITP, but some things
> are worrying me, namely:
>
> * SOPE and SOGo are huge. I mean, HUGE. It would take me weeks
> to examine the code and figure out how these things work, at
> least at the basic level.
> * I am not a fan of web-based mail and calendars, and I don't plan
> using such services. If I package this, I'll run a test
> instance on some of my machines, but since it would be solely
> for testing purposes, I'm afraid I won't be able to discover all
> issues, or even manage to reproduce reported bugs. Proper
> maintenance involves regular real-life usage...
> * I am not a user of Icedove/Iceowl, and I don't plan becoming
> one. As I see from upstream's site, these clients connect with
> SOGo via special extensions, which need to be packaged, too. I
> don't have the right skills for that.
SOGo should be able to be used by any compliant CalDAV client. I believe the
extensions are mainly to provide GroupDAV addressbook support and automatic
configuration, and are not essential - I don't use them.
> * The code has a high potential for security bugs, and a
> significantly higher maintenance burden because of that.
>
> So... I think I'll attempt to package this, and see if it would be
> worth taking the risk. (This will happen after the Squeeze release in
> any case.) Meanwhile, if someone else is willing to bite the bullet, go
> ahead.
Thanks for giving it some thought.
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James Andrewartha
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