obm extremely outdated and missing options.

[StraightShootinComputin]

Binary package hint: obm

obm and its dependencies installed just fine. And when browsing to http://localhost/obm I get the login screen. I can then log in just fine, and I have admin status. Yay! Or so I thought.

The problem is that the options on the panel are incomplete. There should be an option to "Add Hosts" and it simply is not there. From what I've read of tutorials on the program, this is an integral part of how the program works, and hence it is useless without it.

I wrote to the developers at obm.org and their response was that the version in the Ubuntu repos was severely outdated and they did not support it any longer. They wouldn't or couldn't even point me in the right direction.

In short, this package needs to be either removed or upgraded. In its current state, it is useless. I have tried it on 9.04, 9.10 and 10.04 and it is the same packages for each successive Ubuntu release. Ubuntu's repos have 2.1.10 and the current release from obm.org is 2.3.7 (I think)

I would much prefer for it to be upgraded, as I really need software of this type.

Thanks for listening,
Jeff Smith

[Sylvain Garcia (sylvain-garcia)]

Hi,

Yes i agree with you, obm version in ubuntu is very outdated, it's my fault....

there are many problem in new version of obm to include in obm. In the past some lib was not include in obm, now we have mootools and othe js/phpo lib in ubuntu. I must verify compatibility version with obm and upload this.

When i have some time i will work on, i write this in my todo list ;)

But, OBM Ubuntu version and obm version on obm.org doesnt include same featue because we must include all crapy package package in ubuntu. In Ubuntu you have just the UI of OBM, no mail, no sync.
The work to include the fulle ob version is very hard and require many time and work.

thanks for this report.

[StraightShootinComputin (straightshootincomputin)]

Thanks for putting it on your todo list. I look forward to seeing it operational.

:-)

Jeff Smith