Hi Jeroen,
If you are serious about maintaining that package then that's very good
news!
Regarding your concerns:
- for libssl, we use the encryption code but we also make use of utility
functions such as md5_something. I don't know if similar functions are
offered by other libraries. The alternative would be to clarify our
licence to include an exception clause. That's more difficult for SOPE
though, as we don't own the copyright for it. How was this handle with
the old SOPE packages, that used to be present in Debian a few years ago?
- regarding the configuration file in /etc/, this would not be difficult
to achieve. Another concern I would have though would be to see whether
SOGo can run in a "homeless" environment, which actually depends more on
GNUstep for that matter...
There are other areas of improvements that would make SOGo fit even
better in Debian:
- a debconf interface to setup a basic and working configuration
- the ability to update the database schema whenever it changes from one
version to another. We provide scripts for that but they might not be
suitable for execution from setup scripts.
In any case, I am willing to help you with that task, being a dormant
Debian developer myself.
Cheers!
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