[Owncloud] Migrating 3rd party apps into ownclouds github repository

[Christian Reiner]

Hi all, 
during the last month I wrote a few simple apps which are published on the app 
store. Despite quite some positive feedback, constructive suggestions and 
helpful assistance in tracking down bugs I failed interest anyone into 
contributing to the apps themselves. This means I ran a one man show over the 
last month. Unfortunately I have to accept the fact that maintaining those 
apps simply takes too much of my time. I have other ongoing projects, some of 
those being more important for me personally. But since aparently there are 
many users of the apps out there and they appear to draw attention I think it 
might make sense to keep them alive. 

Community interest asumed I suggest to transfer the apps in their current 
state from my own subversion repository into ownClouds github repositories. 
That way at least bugfixes could be done where and when required. The last 
step I contributed was to migrate the apps to be usable under the upcoming OC 
version 5. Aparently that is done, the apps 'Shorty', 'Shorty Tracking' and 
'Imprint' can be installed and used likewise under OC-4.0, OC4.5 and OC-5 as 
far as I can say. In my eyes this means that *now* is a good time for a 
migration. 

My questions: 
1.) is there interest to accept the apps (in a community like sense)?
2.) maybe there is someone who volunteers to take (temporary) maintainership? 
3.) where should the apps be imported to and how? (Sorry, I don't know git...)
4.) maybe someone volunteers to give me a hand in that migration to prevent 
serious damages to the ownCloud repositories? 
5.) obviously also alternative suggestions are welcome
6.) as well as any form of constructive feedback ;-)

-- 
Christian Reiner (arkascha)