Sylvain Garcia's Blog

Blue Mind, on est là !!

2011-11-22T01:31:00.001+01:00

Bonjour à tous,

Aujourd'hui après une longue durée gestation, nous vous annonçons la naissance d'un nouveau projet/produit opensource "Blue mind" Messagerie et Espaces collaboratifs. http://www.blue-mind.net

La dream team est de retour:

Pierre Baudracco
Pierre Carlier
Thomas Cataldo
Sylvain Garcia
Nicolas Lascombes
David Phan
Anthony Prades
Mehdi Rande

Cela fait plus de 12 ans que cette équipe est experte en messagerie collaborative. Elle a réalisé les plus gros projets de messagerie opensource français durant les 10 dernières années (Ministère[S], Assemblée Nationale, INSERM, ...)
Un an de travail pour:

définir de nouvelles fonctionnalités
définir les nouvelles technologies à utiliser
réaliser l'application
mettre en place une véritable plateforme d'intégration continue
mettre en place les méthodes agiles pour driver le projet.

Sur la base de nos connaissances dans le domaine, nous avons défini un produit innovant à l'aide des dernières technologies web:

application full javascript
HTML5
mode offline
utilitaires d'administration poussés
installation automatisée "one click"

Aujourd'hui est la naissance d'un nouvel outil opensource pour intégrer directement les fonctionnalités collaboratives d'entreprises.

La société Blue Mind est présente dès demain au JRES (Stand 209,210,211) à Toulouse afin de réaliser des démonstrations et exposer ce nouveau projet.

Vous trouverez sur ce blog ainsi que ceux de mes collègues différentes informations vous permettant de vous tenir informé des nouveautés.

Vous trouverez aussi des news sur la page de Blue Mind http://www.blue-mind.net

OBM software at Solutions Linux with Objectif Libre

2011-05-05T11:47:00.003+02:00

from my last post, what's news??

* Working on OBM software with many customers who prefer to work with obm expert.

* working on OBM software

* And.. working on OBM software

My company (and me), Objectif libre, will be at Solution Linux (E35 stand), so you can discuss with us to view own project, your project around OBM software (and of course other project around Linux).

Solutions Linux

I come back, with OBM software

2010-12-13T21:51:00.010+01:00

After 2 months out of opensource environment, I come back and, furthermore, i come back with OBM software.

Now I work with Objectif Libre, with Christophe Sautier and Gauvain Pocentek. Objectif libre can help you on your opensource project, on ubuntu project, and services around opensource.

Now Objectif Libre can help you around OBM software, on OBM software deployment, on OBM software support. Already customers work with Objectif libre and OBM software, please visit Objectif libre website and/or contact me if you want more informations about this.

ntop 4 on ubuntu Lucid and debian

2010-11-19T11:37:00.000+01:00

Hi
i built ntop package to version 4.0.3 because of some segfault on current ubuntu version. You can find package on my PPA

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/sylvain-garcia/ppa/ubuntu lucid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/sylvain-garcia/ppa/ubuntu lucid main

with source repository you can recompile this package on debian or on maverick.
I convert old package to cdbs package, this is a crapy package.. :D but it works.

dropped from obm's mailing list

2010-11-15T12:40:00.000+01:00

Last week, I was dropped from OBM's mailing list. This is not my concept of an opensource project... No I can't contribute to OBM, and my past employer refuse my subscription because of this mail:

http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.crm.obm.general/1910

....

bye, bye, Thomas and Me

2010-10-02T10:27:00.000+02:00

1 october was the last day of my current Job at Linagora.
I leave my job with great difficulty, with great memories of OBM's Team and Toulouse's Team.
I wouldlike thank all people who works on this groupware. I will continue to contribute on OBM, but like i want and when i want.
I'm not alone to leave my job yesterday. Thomas like he say on his post leave also Linagora.

bye bye Pierre

2010-08-16T17:44:00.001+02:00

Pierre Baudracco, THE OBM's project leader has left Linagora. I would like to thank Pierre about Aliacom/Aliasource and about OBM project.
But I have a question about OBM: what is the future of OBM ?

Good luck Pierre

bye bye Carl

2010-08-05T13:43:00.000+02:00

Carl was one founder of Aliacom / Aliasource. Now goes to new job, new part of his story.
Thank you Carl for Aliacom / Aliasource.

bye bye David

2010-06-03T09:38:00.002+02:00

This week, own chinese has left the team, David Phan going to new job, new challenge.
I wished him good luck for the futur, and thank your for all work on OBM, in particulary on your new calendar on 2.3 en 2.4 release.
Perhaps David will continue to commit on OBM on his freetime...

Bye bye david

Openjdk or sunjdk for OBM part1

2010-02-04T21:51:00.006+01:00

Today i had a bad relation with openjdk. I'm in charge of minig packaging, which is full java webmail in two parts, eclipse product for the backend, gwt for the frontend.

On redhat, i can't build minig with openjdk because the build crash because of openjdk, so i use jpackage (so sun-jdk) to build. To run minig, today there is a "require" on openjdk, but i think, and thomas also that we must use sun-jdk. If the build crash with openjdk, the run can be unstable with this...

Now, on debian. Cool!! there is sun jdk which is available on debian. But by my mistake i had build minig with "javac" from openjdk, and the build don't crash!!!! But on install, with the use of sun-jdk minig crash with strange, and ramdom error on multiple build...

So, I built a minig with sun-jdk and now, works like a charm!!!

SO what is the moral of the story? openjdk is doesnt ready for production for us, and I will review rpm packaging to force to use sun-jdk instead of openjdk in rpm package, this is my next task for rpm packaging.

And now how use sun-jdk on centos or redhat?

an extarct of http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/JavaOnCentOS:

"The Sun license concerning distribution of Java (through to Java 6) contains clauses, the terms of which, the CentOS team have concluded they cannot meet. Conversations with Sun's representatives on a modified distribution license were underway in August 2008 but they did not yield fruit. Seemingly Sun was looking forward to the more free, later, Java releases (on the horizon, upstream) in our upstream's Fedora project."

Grr isn't a simple a "yum install sun-jdk" like a debian ( i loveeeeee redhat!! ). and it seems that they don't have official yum repository too intall sun-jdk on centos or redhat.

use jpackage?

No because i can't propose to user to sign DLJ on rpm before rpm installation.

No because it seems that the last update is very old(and maybe not maintain). The latest version of jpackage is jdk 1.6.0 update 11 (http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/jpackage/1.7/generic/SRPMS.non-free/)

use binary of sun-jdk dlj version, like jpackage?

No because i can't propose to user to sign DLJ on rpm before rpm installation.

No because i don't want repackage and become a maintener of a package like a jpackage for obm....

So what???

I think that the best solution is to use rpm version of official sun jdk from SUN. But There are at big constraint, all java component require a manual download and installation on each install.

I will test installation of this package and all JAVA path on obm's java components next weeks.

The result will be in future post.

If anyone has a solution i'm here

OBM community

2009-11-27T13:59:00.005+01:00

From one week, i make rpm repository to test all trunk OBM's components, this repository is available at:

http://packages.obm.org/rpm/daily is updated each night.

Remender: there is also debian daily repository at "deb http://deb.obm.org/daily obm obm"

From few weeks some OBM 2.3.0rc has been released, to make tests, fix some bugs. Soon, the first stable version of OBM 2.3 will be released, and we hope that this release will give satisfaction to all people who use OBM.

More of new release , now we think how improve relation between OBM core developers and community, how improve the OBM's Community.

OBM like many other opensource project is sponsored by a Company. Is very difficult for us to make big community around OBM. This is a problem of each opensource project made by a company.

So we are open to all suggestion to improve this.

Do you need tools to contribute? ( forum, an other mailling list,...)

Do you want more docs? what are the subjects of the documentation you want? give me example...

obm team news

2009-09-22T17:28:00.003+02:00

Hi,

i wrote a mail on OBM mailinglist to announce new debian repository. One people (Tim Verhoeven) reply that he would like see rpm trunk repository also.

Since few month, we try to distribute more and more OBM and OBM components trough obm wiki, obm planet and blogs. New debian repository is a step on this, we also publish all GPL sources on svn.obm.org.

OBM team are working on many way to, make OBM the first opensource (really opensource) groupware solution:

David are working on new calendar, minig,...
Mehdi are working on new calendar, contacts, and...............
tom works on Minig, o-push, caldav server, improve funambol synchronisation
Adrien works on Minig, o-push, caldava server
Nico works on obm thunderbird and outlook connector, improve obm-sync
Anthony works on new obm-satellite, improve perl automate
Pierre drive OBM project and works on list module ;) (also other obm modules)
Ronan works on packaging, and new module to drive samba server
Sylvain(Me) looks Tv
Raphael crawl under babyfoot

There are also many other people who works on OBM, and try to make OBM like the best choice.

So, don't worry Tim Verhoeven we work on ;)

New calendar on OBM 2.3

2009-08-14T11:39:00.009+02:00

After new freebusy interface on 2.2, David is working on new calendar to OBM 2.3 and rewrite the code
* New UI,
* scroll in calendar
* improve month view
*...

Some preview:

screenshots:

new week view:

new month view:

obm, minig, packaging and the future

2009-06-03T02:13:00.004+02:00

OBM 2.2.4 is out. I published debian and rpm package on obm.org.
After a discussion with thomas, we must create new package to install more easly standalone minig version. Currently we have minig-conf, mini-frontend and minig-backend, it must add minig-obm which will include just jar to activate minig-obm capabilities. Many people wouldlike use minig without obm and one of the goal of thomas is this. But there are also many people we must use Dovecot or othe imap server, this is'nt tested. Furthermore Tom recently add vacation script and other filter on minig. This feature use sieve script and we must have a meet about this because some sieve feature require cyrus 2.3, and i don't know if dovecot support sieve script.

So, once i have some time i will create minig-obm to cut minig and minig integration in OBM

2.2.1 is out, minig integration

2009-04-21T23:14:00.002+02:00

new release is out: 2.2.1 with minig integration. You can test this with debian packages or rpm packgages.

OBM 2.1.16-1 deb package is out

2009-04-10T10:14:00.002+02:00

New version of old stable is out, please see the changelog on obm.org. 2.1.16 fix some bug on UI and sync server.

connector up and down

2009-04-03T09:35:00.002+02:00

of course OBM connector up and down was an april fool..
Perhaps,one day, this will be reality...

Connector up and down with Exchange and lotus

2009-04-01T09:43:00.005+02:00

OBM team works on new connector in order to interconnect with Exchange or Lotus Notes. The goal is to use OBM like an exchange server or Lotus server.
One day, a men says!! : "it's simple, you have your Exchange server, you have an OBM server and now... OBM's users can make event with users of exchange server, and users of Exchange can make event with users of OBM".

This, now works with "OBMUpAndDownConnector"...

For debian etch and lenny (or ubuntu),you can add this entry to test the first release in your sources.list:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/sylvain-garcia/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main

then:

aptitude update

and

aptitude install obm-connectorupanddown

For rpm user, we work on rpm release...

Create domain in OBM 2.2.0

2009-03-27T16:29:00.004+01:00

you can see here tutorial to learn how create domain in OBM 2.2, now it's very easy ;)

http://www.obm.org/doku.php?id=obmmail:createdomain22

New freebusy interface

2009-03-25T14:33:00.004+01:00

OBM 2.2.0 is just out and David Phan working on new UI for OBM freebusy in full ajax, just look this. This new feature will be on future release ....

OBM 2.2.0 aka "beertender" release is out with deb and rpm package

2009-03-17T23:08:00.003+01:00

it's done!!
The new major version of OBM is out (2.2.0), you can see changelog (if pierre update it ) on http://www.obm.org. what is the news on packaging? there are (like all release) debian package, but now rpm package.
Now OBM team recommends installation with posgresql (8.3). I'm not an expert on SGBD but we had many bugs because of Mysql. For old OBM installation you can use obm mydql upgrade script.

About debian package:

I reorganize repository, because there was one news on debian world: the Lenny release and now OBM 2.2.0. Now the codename of repository is "stable" or "oldstable" instead of debian codename release. So, with this we have now two repositories:

deb http://deb.obm.org stable obm
deb http://deb.obm.org oldstable obm

with "oldstable" repository we can install 2.1.x and with "stable" 2.2.x.

Altought we recommend to use posgresql you can install OBM package with mysqlserver. Be careful, ist more easy to choose postgres installation. To use mysql-server you must install mysql-server, perllib and phplib for mysql (libdbd-mysql-perl and php5-mysql) before install obm package.

New package release can upgrade your old obm package installation

About rpm package for Redhat 5 and Centos 5:

For this release I worked with Ronan and Fabien to make rpm package. This has been start by Xavier Lamien and me 5-6 month ago. Rpm package aren't stable and Ronan and me woking on. you can test packages and find all instruction on obm.org

OBM 2.1.15-2 package.

2009-03-02T20:06:00.003+01:00

OBM debian package 2.1.15-2 is out, thanks to AkaZelZer for a patch on 2.1.15-1 about sql ;).

update of OBM debian package 2.1.14

2009-02-11T20:28:00.002+01:00

There are new packages of OBM, the new release of OBM 2.1.14 is out. you can try it and install it on Debian Etch with this how to.
Perhaps the next release will be for Debian Lenny.. if i can work for this, and if Lenny i ready, but it's an other history... :D

How to create a good domain in OBM 2.1.X

2009-01-18T11:39:00.004+01:00

In mailing list of OBM we can see many people who ask how to create domain in OBM. I had start "how to" with screenshots to explain this, but it's very "difficult" to order many screenshot and text in dokuwiki of obm.org. So I decided to use gtk-recordmydesktop to make avi. Thomas already use this to produce some avi of minig, and he is very enthousiast about gtk-recordmydesktop.

So i installed "flowplayer2" a small plugin to stream "flv", and uploaded video on www.obm.org.

I hope that with this, there will be less post about " Help me!! i can't create domain on my fresh install of obm!! but i used the debian package of obm.org!!"

Aliasource Team moved from toulouse to toulouse

2008-11-14T22:11:00.003+01:00

This week, Aliasource (Linagora GSO), moved. The old work space was became very small for all Aliasource Team, so we moved to a new building next to our previous location. Now there is 40 employee at Linagora GSO. There is a reorganization of office, and no OBM Team are in same space, in a BIG openspace.
The atmosphere is very happy, we laugh all the time and we have (or i have :D ) many gadget to play... and work.
I hope that this move and reorgaization will improve OBM development.

OBM debian package and easy installation

2008-11-06T00:24:00.003+01:00

Tonight i'm very happy to annouce the first public release of OBM debian package. Why am I happy?
- My main contribution to OBM is packaging ( I work on packaging with all OBM Team and particulary thomas for java package who is the author)
- It's very important for me that all people can use my work, it's the goal of opensource...
- With package many people can test OBM and report on OBM bugzilla about all components.
- I hope that package can diffuse easily OBM around the World !!!

I wish you a good installation.

The End of ODS

2008-11-02T14:02:00.002+01:00

The Agde ODS (OBM developper Summit) is now finished, and much work has been done to improve your favorite Groupware/CRM, OBM, and also the webmail killer, MiniG.
The new stable 2.1.11 was tagged during ODS, and team was worked on the OBM's future version, 2.2.0.
Monday, OBM team return to their normal job at Toulouse (France), to develop OBM.

an OBM developper story

2008-10-31T11:01:00.005+01:00

During Agde OBM Developper Summit, Thomas Cataldo has improved OBM and MiniG, so after many efforts there is comfort given by all OBM Core Team. All developpers ( Tony, Nico, Mehdi, Pierre, and me ) has given, given, given AND given to Thomas Cataldo. So, at the morning he has an huge butt, and he was very tired.

OBM developper summit

2008-10-27T23:47:00.000+01:00

This is the first article of my blog create during ODS (OBM developper summit) at Agde.
We work on OBM 2.2 features and on OBM packaging for Debian/Ubuntu. In few weeks we will see debian repository and svn on www.obm.org with all package to install full OBM.