Debian Bug report logs - #427655
RM: tikiwiki -- RoM, license issues, bad security history

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: marcus@better.se

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: RFH: tikiwiki -- groupware and content management system

Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 00:32:22 +0200

Package: wnpp
Severity: normal

Dear developers,

I am looking for co-maintainers for the tikiwiki package. This is a
rather complex web application written in PHP, and I feel that I don't
have enough time to maintain it on my own.

The first packaged version (1.9.2) is currently in experimental. It is
basically working but has a few issues that need to be ironed out. In
addition, it needs to be upgraded to version 1.9.3.2, which fixes
security bugs.

The packaging work is somewhat tricky for the following reasons:

*In the Debian package, I have attempted to split out those modules in
the upstream source tree that are already in Debian.

*It was necessary to deviate from upstream's directory layout to
conform to Debian policy.

*The package uses dbconfig-common to simplify database creation and
 management.

I think it should be possible to work along these lines to turn this
into a working, high-quality package.

From the package description:

 Tiki CMS/Groupware, also known as TikiWiki, can be used to create all
 sorts of web applications, web sites or portals. It offers a very
 large number of features and is highly configurable and modular. All
 features are administered through a web-based interface.

Thanks,

Marcus

Message #10 received at 370592@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>

To: marcus@better.se, 370592@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#370592: RFH: tikiwiki -- groupware and content management system

Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 21:59:51 -0700

On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 12:32:22AM +0200, marcus@better.se wrote:
> I am looking for co-maintainers for the tikiwiki package. This is a
> rather complex web application written in PHP, and I feel that I don't
> have enough time to maintain it on my own.

With a name like "TikiWiki", it seems only appropriate that if you do get
co-maintainers, you should request teletubbies.alioth.debian.org.

;)

-- 
Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
vorlon@debian.org                                   http://www.debian.org/

Message #15 received at 370592@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@panthera-systems.net>

To: 370592@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: RFH: tikiwiki -- groupware and content management system

Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2006 12:14:32 +0200

I may can help out from time to time with even the packaging, the upload
sponsoring is no problem anyway. I'll proposing some formal changes to
you in the next few weeks, we'll see..

-- 
Address:        Daniel Baumann, Burgunderstrasse 3, CH-4562 Biberist
Email:          daniel.baumann@panthera-systems.net
Internet:       http://people.panthera-systems.net/~daniel-baumann/

Message #20 received at 370592@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Marcus Better <marcus@better.se>

To: 370592@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Alioth project for Tikiwiki packaging

Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 07:47:21 +0200

There is now an Alioth project for Tikiwiki packaging:
  https://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-tikiwiki/

Message #25 received at 370592@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Marcus Better <marcus@better.se>

To: 370592@bugs.debian.org

Cc: control@bugs.debian.org, debian-devel@lists.debian.org

Subject: RFA: tikiwiki -- groupware and content management system

Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:11:41 +0200

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retitle 370592 RFA: tikiwiki -- groupware and content management system
thanks

I am looking for someone to take over maintenance of Tikiwiki.

The package works nicely and does not take much time to maintain. However I 
don't use it anymore, and also I'm a bit frustrated with the lack of progress 
upstream on the a long-standing RC bug, a licensing issue [3] related to 
non-free icons. (Upstream has expressed intention to replace those icons with 
free ones.)

The package has had a string of security issues [1], and security fixes were 
not always coordinated with packagers in a timely manner.

There is an Alioth project [2] and a mailing list for coordinating the 
packaging, but nobody has been willing to work on it much.

Unless someone steps forward to maintain it, I am going to shut down the 
Alioth project and possibly request removal of the package from the archive 
due to the unresolved licensing issue.

Marcus

[1] 
http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/t/tikiwiki/tikiwiki_1.9.7+dfsg-1/changelog
[2] https://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-tikiwiki/
[3] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=377943

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Message #32 received at 370592@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org>

To: 370592@bugs.debian.org

Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#370592: RFA: tikiwiki -- groupware and content management system

Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 23:12:04 +0200

Marcus Better wrote:
> I am looking for someone to take over maintenance of Tikiwiki.

In case a non-DD maintainer wants to take over tikiwiki, I can keep
sponsoring the package if desired.

-- 
Address:        Daniel Baumann, Burgunderstrasse 3, CH-4562 Biberist
Email:          daniel.baumann@panthera-systems.net
Internet:       http://people.panthera-systems.net/~daniel-baumann/

Message #37 received at 370592@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Marcus Better <marcus@better.se>

To: 370592@bugs.debian.org

Cc: control@bugs.debian.org, Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org>

Subject: O: tikiwiki -- groupware and content management system

Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 15:51:21 +0200

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retitle 370592 O: tikiwiki -- groupware and content management system
thanks

Nobody has stepped forward to maintain Tikiwiki, so I am orphaning the 
package.

Marcus

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Message #44 received at 370592@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Marcus Better <marcus@better.se>

To: 370592@bugs.debian.org

Cc: control@bugs.debian.org

Subject: RM: tikiwiki -- RoM, license issues, bad security history

Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 15:58:21 +0200

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retitle -1 RM: tikiwiki -- RoM, license issues, bad security history
thanks

I am requesting the removal of tikiwiki from unstable. The reasons are:
*There are license issues [1] which haven't been resolved for a long time.
*The package had lots of security issues and I don't have any reason to 
believe that the situation will improve in the future.
*The package is orphaned.

See the previous messages in this bug report for more details.

Thanks,

Marcus

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Message #55 received at 427655-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Debian Archive Maintenance <ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org>

To: 427655-close@bugs.debian.org

Cc: tikiwiki@packages.debian.org, tikiwiki@packages.qa.debian.org

Subject: Bug#427655: fixed

Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 10:13:31 +0000

We believe that the bug you reported is now fixed; the following
package(s) have been removed from unstable:

  tikiwiki | 1.9.7+dfsg-2 | source, all

Note that the package(s) have simply been removed from the tag
database and may (or may not) still be in the pool; this is not a bug.
The package(s) will be physically removed automatically when no suite
references them (and in the case of source, when no binary references
it).  Please also remember that the changes have been done on the
master archive (ftp-master.debian.org) and will not propagate to any
mirrors (ftp.debian.org included) until the next cron.daily run at the
earliest.

Packages are never removed from testing by hand.  Testing tracks
unstable and will automatically remove packages which were removed
from unstable when removing them from testing causes no dependency
problems.

Bugs which have been reported against this package are not automatically
removed from the Bug Tracking System.  Please check all open bugs and
close them or re-assign them to another package if the removed package
was superseded by another one.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 427655@bugs.debian.org.

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