Paul van Tilburg wrote: > > Now that jabber14 1.6.0 is out[1], I would really like to have this > in Debian. This upstream release boosts this server to complete XMPP > compliance and deals with many past issues.
I don't know that such a major change would be able to make it into etch at this point, but I will certainly look to packaging it for etch+1. > I have talked with upstream about the licensing. Currently, the only > non-GPL licensed file is snprintf.c, which is not used on the > GNU/Linux platform. It is there to be able to support more Unices. > This means that a DFSG clean tarball can be constructed and used to > distribute 1.6.0 under the terms of the GPL. This is true only if OpenSSL is removed from the resultant package as far as I know. Additionally, as you indicate a DFSG clean tarball would need to be constructed, removing snprintf.c (this is trivial). However, loss of SSL support upon upgrade is a larger concern for me. Upgrading users from a version of the jabber package that supports SSL to a version that doesn't isn't a good idea in my opinion. > I see that in over almost two years there has been no activity > surrounding this package (except for some work by Andi). Most of the potential updates to the package have been postponed waiting the licensing outcome as I didn't feel I could meet the requirements of JOSL license. An updated package for 1.6.0 could indeed be made, but I fear that such a package will likely be seen as a regression or loss of features by most users as I'll have to remove the SSL support due to potential licensing conflicts (OpenSSL and GPL linking without a waiver). For more information on this, please read Matthias Wimmer's update to this bug. > If you do not have the time to maintain it or are no longer > interested, I would like to request to adopt this package from you. I > talk with upstream frequently and also use and administrate the > server intensively. Contributions to the package and/or co-maintainers are certainly welcome. -- Jamin W. Collins -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
