[needs-packaging] ledgersmb get added to the repositories
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Debian |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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Ubuntu |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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Ubuntu LedgerSMB |
Bug Description
The universe/web repository includes sql-ledger. ledgersmb is a fork of this project which was initially formed to address some security issues that the primary developer of sql-ledger was ignoring.
The leader of the sql-ledger project has also demonstrated a lack of understanding of FOSS. Earlier this year, he attempted to change the license of his project retroactively from the GPL to a license that he wrote. Worse still, he did so without notifying other contributors or end users. One history of the incident can be read on Slashdot:
http://
ledgersmb has gained a great deal of momentum. It is currently ranked 376th on SourceForge.
Debian packages exist on the download page of the website (1.3.9 as of Jan-2012):
http://
As noted in comment #11, packages for 1.3 are also available here:
http://
I respectfully submit that this package deserves to be included in the universe repository even more than it parent does.
Thank you.
Changed in debian: | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
Changed in ubuntu: | |
assignee: | nobody → LedgerSMB on Ubuntu (ledgersmb) |
The URL you supplied doesn't contain a debian package, but it does contain a few pre-requisites for the package (perl modes that aren't in Debian already).
I might work on this package, as it would teach me some more about the packaging system, and it looks interesting :)
It requires several perl modules, postgresql, and apache2.
If anyone has pointers on how to setup database/webapps, or one that sets up a database/apache config on install, I'd be greatly appriciative - might even spur me to create a package for this. The basic install of the package seems easy, just not sure how to automate the web/db parts.
-Roger