[Freedombox-discuss] Non-Debian packages

[Sunil Mohan Adapa]

On 07/10/24 19:20, Stefan Monnier via Freedombox-discuss wrote:
> James Valleroy via Freedombox-discuss [2024-10-07 21:40:36] wrote:
>>   * django: Improve handling of file uploads
>>   * nextcloud: Fix existing installs to upgrade properly
> 
> Wait!  What?
> FreedomBox includes Nextcloud now?  But Nextcloud is not in Debian yet!?
> When did this happen?  How did I miss it?  How does that work?
> 
> I see over at https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/Nextcloud that
> "Nextcloud is installed and run inside a container provided by the
> Nextcloud community".  Is that a super-special exception for Nextcloud
> because of its particular relevance for self-hosting, or does that also
> apply to other packages?

After a lot of discussion, due the special importance of Nextcloud for 
self hosting, we decided to experimentally introduce the app and gather 
feedback hoping that eventually we will have a package in Debian.

-- 
Sunil