Friendly warning about HTTP::OAI version 4.03
Hi all: Just a friendly warning to steer clear of HTTP::OAI version 4.03. It looks like there has been some substantial refactoring between versions 4.03 and 3.28, and they haven't been for the better. HTTP::OAI 4.03 will cause your Koha's OAI server to stop functioning all together! Fortunately, if you're using Debian, you probably won't need to worry about this problem, as Debian uses either version 3.23 or 3.27 (https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=libhttp-oai-perl <https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=libhttp-oai-perl&searchon=names &suite=all§ion=all> &searchon=names&suite=all§ion=all). This goes back to what Chris Cormack was saying recently in a blog post about avoiding CPAN if possible. If you're on a Debian-based system, either rely on the Koha packages or use libhttp-oai-perl. If you're not on a Debian-based system and you have to use CPAN, I'd recommend "cpanm HTTP::OAI@3.28" for installing this module. This is also useful if you find yourself using version 4.03 by accident (by doing "cpanm HTTP::OAI" for instance) and need to downgrade. Cheers, David Cook Systems Librarian Prosentient Systems 72/330 Wattle St, Ultimo, NSW 2007
David Cook wrote:
HTTP::OAI 4.03 will cause your Koha's OAI server to stop functioning all together!
Has anyone filed a bug report about this? It sounds like there's an obvious workaround for now but eventually it will become a problem. Regards, -- MJ Ray (slef), member of www.software.coop, a for-more-than-profit co-op http://koha-community.org supporter, web and library systems developer. In My Opinion Only: see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html Available for hire (including development) at http://www.software.coop/
Hey MJ: I haven't filed a bug in the Koha Bugzilla, but myself and another person have reported the bugs in HTTP:OAI 4.03 on CPAN. Also, since HTTP::OAI 4.03 fails its own tests, it probably won't make it into any packages. Debian Jessie appears to be using 3.27-1, so package installs of Koha have nothing worry about. Do folks think this is worth raising on Bugzilla? It's not a bug in Koha, but it might be good to have a warning somewhere on a Koha website... David Cook Systems Librarian Prosentient Systems 72/330 Wattle St, Ultimo, NSW 2007
-----Original Message----- From: koha-devel-bounces@lists.koha-community.org [mailto:koha-devel- bounces@lists.koha-community.org] On Behalf Of MJ Ray Sent: Wednesday, 22 April 2015 4:26 AM To: koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org Subject: Re: [Koha-devel] Friendly warning about HTTP::OAI version 4.03
David Cook wrote:
HTTP::OAI 4.03 will cause your Koha's OAI server to stop functioning all together!
Has anyone filed a bug report about this? It sounds like there's an obvious workaround for now but eventually it will become a problem.
Regards, -- MJ Ray (slef), member of www.software.coop, a for-more-than-profit co-op http://koha-community.org supporter, web and library systems developer. In My Opinion Only: see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html Available for hire (including development) at http://www.software.coop/ _______________________________________________ Koha-devel mailing list Koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel website : http://www.koha-community.org/ git : http://git.koha- community.org/ bugs : http://bugs.koha-community.org/
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