Re: [SOGo] Debian Squeeze as client

2011-03-02 Thread James Andrewartha
On 24/02/11 04:22, Paul van der Vlis wrote:
 Op 23-02-11 21:12, Mark Adams schreef:
 
 Yes and it works well, remember this is the current STABLE release
 from Mozilla.
 
 When the package was OK, it would be uploaded into unstable.
 Experimental is only used when there are problems.

Experiemental is also for major new versions of packages close to
release, so that minor bugfixes for the version to be released in stable
can be uploaded via unstable. I generally run stable, but in this case I
would have no qualms running icedove and iceowl from experimental.

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Re: [SOGo] Debian Squeeze as client

2011-02-27 Thread Paul van der Vlis
Op 23-02-11 21:30, Mark Adams schreef:

about Icedove 3.1.7 from unstable

 I still recommend you try it. It will be the most stable option.

I've contacted Christoph Goehre (packager of Icedove) about this, when I
understand him well, there are no problems with Icodove 3.1.7 from
experimental. He says Icedove 3.1.8 (what was planned for 8th February,
but not released yet) will be uploaded into unstable.

With regards,
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[SOGo] Debian Squeeze as client

2011-02-23 Thread Paul van der Vlis
Hello,

I have many customers with Debian Lenny. When I migrate them to the new
Debian version (Squeeze) I have Icedove 3.0.11 (Thunderbird is called
Icedove in Debian). This refuses the Sogo plugins, because it's not
version 3.1.x.

Any idea what's the best to do now?
In Debian there is no history in backporting Icedove.

I expect it's possible to change the Sogo plugins to accept version
3.0.11. But what is the reason to depend on Thunderbird version 3.1?
Maybe these bugs are fixed in Debian.

With regards,
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Re: [SOGo] Debian Squeeze as client

2011-02-23 Thread Mohit Chawla
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:14 AM, Paul van der Vlis p...@vandervlis.nlwrote:

 Any idea what's the best to do now?


 I was thinking of opening a feature request, but don't know if there are
many users ofIcedove. Would be nice to have though.
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Re: [SOGo] Debian Squeeze as client

2011-02-23 Thread J. Echter
Am 23.02.2011 20:12, schrieb Paul van der Vlis:
 Op 23-02-11 19:54, Jim Carter schreef:
 On Wed, 23 Feb 2011, Paul van der Vlis wrote:
 Hmm, you are right, the sogo-integrator-extention does install without
 any problem, so it's only a problem with Lightning, and I can use
 Lightning 1.0-b1 from Debian (called iceowl-extention), or the 1.0-b2
 xpi from Mozilla.

afaik, sogo lightning has some modifications from the sogo devs.
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Re: [SOGo] Debian Squeeze as client

2011-02-23 Thread Mark Adams

On 23 Feb 2011, at 19:12, Paul van der Vlis p...@vandervlis.nl wrote:

 Op 23-02-11 19:54, Jim Carter schreef:
 On Wed, 23 Feb 2011, Paul van der Vlis wrote:
 
 I expect it's possible to change the Sogo plugins to accept version
 3.0.11. But what is the reason to depend on Thunderbird version 3.1?
 Maybe these bugs are fixed in Debian.
 
 My experience is with openSUSE so I can't help with Debian-specific
 issues, but the Lightning plugin will only install in Thunderbird 3.1.x,
 not 3.0.x.
 
 Hmm, you are right, the sogo-integrator-extention does install without
 any problem, so it's only a problem with Lightning, and I can use
 Lightning 1.0-b1 from Debian (called iceowl-extention), or the 1.0-b2
 xpi from Mozilla.
 
 I imagine that the SOGo plugins are based on or closely related to
 Lightning and rely on infrastructure added in the newer version.
 
 On my net I obtained Thunderbird 3.1.6 from the SuSE Build Service so we
 could use Lightning (with a CalDAV server which we hope to replace with
 SOGo).  
 
 Does this build service also create Debian packages?
 
 Likely a recent version of Icedove can be found in Debian's
 unstable collection.
 
 There is only a 3.1.7 in experimental. When an package is in
 experimental this means there is something wrong.

This isn't necessarily true, it just means it hasn't been tested thoroughly by 
the debian team I believe. If you want recent Mozilla software it has to come 
from Experimental. I run icedove and iceweasel with sogo plugins.

Easy enough to install also, just put the  experimental apt sources in then 
install with apt-get -t experimental... That package will stay at that level 
and all others should stay squeeze.

 
 But when it would be in unstable or testing it would not help really,
 because I cannot ask from my users to run unstable. I could make a
 backport, but then I had to backport it on every update for security.
 
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Re: [SOGo] Debian Squeeze as client

2011-02-23 Thread Paul van der Vlis
Op 23-02-11 20:20, J. Echter schreef:
 Am 23.02.2011 20:12, schrieb Paul van der Vlis:
 Op 23-02-11 19:54, Jim Carter schreef:
 On Wed, 23 Feb 2011, Paul van der Vlis wrote:
 Hmm, you are right, the sogo-integrator-extention does install without
 any problem, so it's only a problem with Lightning, and I can use
 Lightning 1.0-b1 from Debian (called iceowl-extention), or the 1.0-b2
 xpi from Mozilla.

 afaik, sogo lightning has some modifications from the sogo devs.

I know, but I expect it will work without them too (not tested).

It would be nice if somebody could tell me what's better on the
Lightning from Sogo.

With regards,
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Re: [SOGo] Debian Squeeze as client

2011-02-23 Thread Jim Carter

On Wed, 23 Feb 2011, Paul van der Vlis wrote:


On my net I obtained Thunderbird 3.1.6 from the SuSE Build Service so we
could use Lightning (with a CalDAV server which we hope to replace with
SOGo).


Does this build service also create Debian packages?


Sorry, they make only RPMs in the context of the currently supported SuSE 
releases, i.e. requiring library versions that are actually present in that 
release.


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Re: [SOGo] Debian Squeeze as client

2011-02-23 Thread Mark Adams

On 23 Feb 2011, at 19:45, Paul van der Vlis p...@vandervlis.nl wrote:

 Op 23-02-11 20:23, Mark Adams schreef:
 
 On 23 Feb 2011, at 19:12, Paul van der Vlis
 p...@vandervlis.nl wrote:
 
 Op 23-02-11 19:54, Jim Carter schreef:
 On Wed, 23 Feb 2011, Paul van der Vlis wrote:
 
 I expect it's possible to change the Sogo plugins to accept
 version 3.0.11. But what is the reason to depend on Thunderbird
 version 3.1? Maybe these bugs are fixed in Debian.
 
 My experience is with openSUSE so I can't help with
 Debian-specific issues, but the Lightning plugin will only
 install in Thunderbird 3.1.x, not 3.0.x.
 
 Hmm, you are right, the sogo-integrator-extention does install
 without any problem, so it's only a problem with Lightning, and I
 can use Lightning 1.0-b1 from Debian (called iceowl-extention),
 or the 1.0-b2 xpi from Mozilla.
 
 I imagine that the SOGo plugins are based on or closely related
 to Lightning and rely on infrastructure added in the newer
 version.
 
 On my net I obtained Thunderbird 3.1.6 from the SuSE Build
 Service so we could use Lightning (with a CalDAV server which we
 hope to replace with SOGo).
 
 Does this build service also create Debian packages?
 
 Likely a recent version of Icedove can be found in Debian's 
 unstable collection.
 
 There is only a 3.1.7 in experimental. When an package is in 
 experimental this means there is something wrong.
 
 This isn't necessarily true, it just means it hasn't been tested
 thoroughly by the debian team I believe. 
 
 from: http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-ftparchives.en.html
 -
 Experimental is used for packages which are still being developed, and
 with a high risk of breaking your system. It's used by developers who'd
 like to study and test bleeding edge software. Users shouldn't be using
 packages from here, because they can be dangerous and harmful even for
 the most experienced people.
 -
 
 If you want recent Mozilla
 software it has to come from Experimental. I run icedove and
 iceweasel with sogo plugins.
 
 Icedove from experimental?
 Do you see problems?

Yes and it works well, remember this is the current STABLE release from
Mozilla.

 
 Easy enough to install also, just put the  experimental apt sources
 in then install with apt-get -t experimental... That package will
 stay at that level and all others should stay squeeze.
 
 I know how to install from experimental, but it can break your system.
 It would be nice to know why it is in experimental.
 
 But as I said, it's not a good idea for normal users, because they need
 security support.
 

If I remember correctly, icedove doesn't have any other dependancies. It's a 
single package that, for me atleast, works fine in squeeze. I've been using 
icedove and iceweasel packages dim experimental for over a year.. The only bugs 
have been the ones noted by Mozilla...

I take your point about end users though... I'm not sure why they take so long 
to become stable in debian.

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Re: [SOGo] Debian Squeeze as client

2011-02-23 Thread Paul van der Vlis
Op 23-02-11 21:12, Mark Adams schreef:

 Yes and it works well, remember this is the current STABLE release
 from Mozilla.

When the package was OK, it would be uploaded into unstable.
Experimental is only used when there are problems.

 I take your point about end users though... I'm not sure why they
 take so long to become stable in debian.

Debian releases every two year. There was a release this month.
I expect a new version will become stable in 2013...

With regards,
Paul van der Vlis.




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