Bug#678093: RFP: php-mail-mbox -- PHP PEAR module to read and modify Unix mailboxes

[Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org>]

On 06/19/2012 02:49 PM, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> (Ccing pkg-php-pear@lists.alioth.debian.org which could take care of this
> package, also ccing Thijs and Thomas since they maintain php-mail-*
> packages)
> 
> * Package name    : php-mail-mbox
>   Version         : 0.6.3
>   Upstream Author : Roberto Berto <darkelder@php.net>, Christian Weiske <cweiske@php.net>
> * URL             : http://pear.php.net/package/Mail_Mbox
> * License         : LGPL
>   Programming Lang: PHP
>   Description     : Library to read and modify Unix mailboxes
> 
> This library can split messages inside a Mbox, return the number of messages,
> retrieve, update or remove an specific message or add a message on the Mbox.

Hi,

I'm worried that on the home page, it's written:
"This package is not maintained"

also, the package is marked as quality "beta" and there has been no
upstream release since end of 2009.

Sure, there's the PEAR QA team, but still, it'd be quite risky. So, if
you don't mind me asking: for what reason do you need php-mail-mbox? I
don't mind maintaining the package, but will you maintain upstream code?

Also, I'd like to point out that there's "debpear" now in Debian which I
created, and which is using pkg-php-tools. It does some magic! :)

apt-get install debpear
wget http://download.pear.php.net/package/Mail_Mbox-0.6.3.tgz
debpear -t Mail_Mbox-0.6.3.tgz -pv 0.6.3 Mail_Mbox

then look at what magically appears in the build-area folder! :)

Note that most of the time, simply calling "debpear Mail_Mbox" is
enough, but not this time, as the package is set as beta in pear.php.net.

Anyway, that's how I first create PEAR packages, then I check the
copyright, and sometimes (like for this package), add PHPUnit unit
testings. There's often few tweaks, like here, the long description
didn't seem good enough, but that's mostly it.

Please test the result:

Vcs-Browser: http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-php/php-mail-mbox.git
Vcs-Git: http://git.debian.org/git/pkg-php/php-mail-mbox.git

Let me know if it does what you expected, and if the package is usable
(I didn't test it...), and let me know if you need me to upload this
(and for what reason you do need it as said above),

Cheers,

Thomas Goirand (zigo)