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Hi, |
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On 2010-03-10 11:30, Sebastian Pipping wrote: |
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> There are quite a few bugs open for it plus the latest version (1.50.18) |
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> is not even in Gentoo but on SourceForge only. |
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> Its upstream Gunnar left Gentoo due to lack of time recently. |
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> As I got project admin rights for layman from Gunnar before I know that |
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> a similar thing should be theoretical possible for you and |
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> webapp-config, too. |
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> So your first task would be a proper bump and a maybe few bug fixes after: |
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> http://sourceforge.net/projects/webapp-config/files/ |
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> https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=webapp-config |
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> I know there's people using this tool. If you use it this is your |
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> chance to ensure it keeps in good shape. Being proxied or mentored |
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> initially should also work in case you want that. |
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I'm using webapp-config on multiple servers, and I think it's an |
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important part of Gentoo, as it provides a sane way to keep track of web |
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applications. |
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I see a problem though: the ebuilds of popular webapps like MediaWiki or |
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Wordpress seem to be in bad shape / unmaintained, which in term makes |
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this tool much less useful. Maybe that is caused by the fact, that |
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webapp-config has bugs? Chicken/Egg problem? |
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So, I wish there could be more people taking care of timely version |
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bumps etc. for webapps, since it is essential that webapps are always |
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kept up-to-date, most of them being written in PHP, buggy, exposed to |
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the net and all. |
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Anyway, I can imagine working on webapp-config, and becoming a Gentoo |
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package maintainer. My time is a little limited though (day job + part |
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time job + family), so don't expect too much. If there is someone with |
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more time on his/her hands, please go for it. |
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Patrick. |
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