Discussion concerning the possible use of M::B rather than EU::MM for Koha installation
In looking at how to approach the installation of marc/lang options for zebra with makefile, I ran across Module::Build which is a pure perl variety of ExtUtils::MakeMaker. Since we also have to address the issue of cross platform installation of Koha and M::B supports cross platform installtion, I am wondering if there are any issues holding us back from switching to M::B? The port should not be too difficult and would only require that the installer have M::B installed on their system. Any thoughts? Chris -- Chris Nighswonger Faculty Member Network & Systems Director Foundations Bible College & Seminary www.foundations.edu www.fbcradio.org
"Chris Nighswonger" <cnighswonger@foundations.edu> wrote:
[...] I am wondering if there are any issues holding us back from switching to M::B? The port should not be too difficult and would only require that the installer have M::B installed on their system.
Any thoughts?
You've identified the blocking problem: Module::Build would need to be installed before the koha installer could even run. Would that defeat install-CPAN.pl instantly? The second concern is that I've seen one other web app using M::B, LedgerSMB, and I've seen some problem reports with that, but maybe I misunderstand the causes. Also, I think the packaging systems just ignore it and do the installation directly. After the complexity of the 2.x installer, I'd like to avoid that and have the koha installer driving the package installers. Are there web applications using M::B successfully? That's not an absolute requirement - I've not found another web app using MakeMaker quite as we do, but at least it's everywhere that perl is - but it would help immensely in solving the harder parts. Hope that helps, -- MJ Ray http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html tel:+44-844-4437-237 - Webmaster-developer, statistician, sysadmin, online shop builder, consumer and workers co-operative member http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ - Writing on koha, debian, sat TV, Kewstoke http://mjr.towers.org.uk/
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