But no releases. So, that is why we aren't using it
At least a RC is offered on Github. Sadly the original developer abandoned the project and new commits seem to be rather slow:
https://github.com/phpvirtualbox/phpvirtualbox/releases
This is a problem with virtualbox itself not the plugin.
Maybe it is best if I report it to Virtualbox directly then.
What makes you think that? 5.2.4 is in buster and sid - link. 5.1.30 being available in backports is pretty good too.
I was referring to this bug report:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=794466
But it is awesome to see it back in backports and in the main repository in future releases at least.
Nope. The virtualbox repo has issues all the time. I can't put their packages in bintray's repos due to licensing. Their package includes everything and is no need to install the QT gui client on a headless system. The official packages have different names which means the plugin dependencies have to be updated with every minor release. And finally, for some reason the official packages are horrible to upgrade between major versions.
I can understand that, it wasn't completely clear to me yet. I see the problems with upgrading all the time from the official repository if a VM is still running or even if only some process still runs. It leaves any package upgrades unfinished until Virtualbox is shut down and all its processes stopped.
Anyway, thanks for providing the plugin. I still like it very much and run a dozen or more VMs with it. It was the primary reason for using OMV for me after all.