[Kolab-devel] kolab2 dependencies/integration

[Corey]

How much of the Kolab2 distribution/package consists of actual sourcecode 
patches to the various existing components ( openldap, cyrus, postfix, etc ) 
it uses, and how much of the distribution/package is simply configuration 
files, installation scripts, and whatnot?

Is the Kolab project bound and determined to keep it's source packages as 
openpkg only?  There really should be a way for distributions/platforms to 
provide their own native packages for Kolab, for better/natural integration 
with existing software/services.

So, although openpkg works, as you say - "to provide a supportable base on a 
wide variety of platforms" - it _also_ works to "provide a completely foreign 
step-child sort of integration on every platform that it's installed onto".

How difficult would it be, now that Kolab2 has been released, to extract only 
the Kolab specific changes/patches ( if any ), and provide a non-openpkg 
distribution? OpenXchange does this to good effect, I don't see why Kolab do 
the same.  Of course installation and configuration of Kolab without using 
the openpkg tools may be difficult, but it really should be an option.