[horde] H3 to H5

[Rick Romero]

  Quoting Ralf Lang <lang at b1-systems.de>:

> On 08.07.2013 07:41, ANANT S ATHAVALE wrote:
>> Dear List,
>>
>> My efforts to release H4 to users have failed, as there are some issues
>> in H4 which I could not solve and there is no support H4, I can not ask
>> also.
>>
>> Now, I have decided to install H5 on a new hardware and try.
>>
>> Please recommend me preferred OS which meets most of the Pre-requisites
>> of H5. Currently my H3 runs happily on RHEL 5.3.
>>
>> I prefer not to compile anything on new OS (I prefer to use built-in
>> versions).
>
> Horde 5 runs natively on opensuse and SLES 11 SP 2 and 3 ( the packages
> are available through
>
https://build.opensuse.org/project/show?project=isv%3AB1-Systems%3AHorde5%3Arolling
> )
>
> See also http://susestudio.com/a/BZ4vzQ/horde-5-sles-11-sp2 for a
> ready-to-run downloadable VM image (though I have not used this image
> myself recently and there might be some obstacles - if you meet any
> problems with this image, contact me directly for help).
>
> Horde 5 Packages for Debian are also in development by the debian
> maintainer. I currently don't use them but I heard they work fairly well.
>  

I'm testing with the Debian packages, and the upgrade from H3 to H5 worked
just fine.
The Debian packages are a little behind of course, and remember that
they're in unstable - I did run into a problem with upgrading to 5.1.0
version, but as of yesterday they appear to be completely up to date and
error-free.

Rick