[dev] Debian packages for a few modules

Chuck Hagenbuch chuck@horde.org
Tue, 13 Aug 2002 17:47:00 -0400


Quoting Alex de Landgraaf <alextreme@xs4all.nl>:

> Currently i am working on packaging a few horde modules for debian, the
> current versions are on http://am.xs4all.nl/horde for review. 

Great! A few initial nits, just because in packaging it could become 
important:

- it's sork, not snok, though that made me laugh out loud
- registry, not registery.

> Currently i have packages for chora, mnemo, nag and snok all working
> 'reasonably' well, but there are a few differences between the way horde2
> is packaged in debian currently (not by me btw) and the normal horde2
> installation that i would like to have resolved (and maybe get debian/ in 
> the CVS, what would simplify packaging the latest-and-greatest versions!)

That would be fabulous - let me or jon@horde.org know if you want a CVS 
account.

> The largest difference is in the way horde handles the installation of
> new modules in /etc/horde2/registery.php. Adding to and changing this file
> leads to quite some difficulties in automatic handling of modules, this 
> hack by Rennebarth (nils@debian.org) solves the problem nicely:

Hmm. That's going to be pretty rough performance-wise. What about if we had 
a command-line PHP script to add/remove entries? (I'm talking about HEAD, 
here, where the registry is a much simpler config file now).

> horde2-chora is nearly ready, only has a nasty bug not letting a
> signed-in user view the CVS (guestmode does work). Gives registery-
> errors, still trying to work this one out, anyone got a clue about this?

Not without knowing the actual error.

> horde2-mnemo and horde2-nag work afaik with mysql, but only after editing
> conf.php, just like kronolith and turba now in sid. Working on a secure
> way to fix this.

Not sure what the problem exactly is? What are you fixing?

-chuck

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