[Koha-devel] koha 3.0 installer toughts and suggestions

[Joshua Ferraro]

Great idea Paul!

On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 05:00:12PM +0200, Paul POULAIN wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was wondering last week why ppl think Koha is so complex to set up 
> working.
> I think I have found at least one good reason :
> the installer mixes technical (computer geek) questions and functionnal 
> (librarian) questions.
> It ask for : mysql password, koha directory, apache user name... 
> questions that a librarian often can't answer.
> Then, it ask for "MARC flavour", "authority framework", ... questions 
> that a computer guy can't answer either.
> 
> So, I think that for koha 3.0, we should completly separate both.
> The functionnal install (marc flavour...) being done in a webbased 
> interface, once koha has been set up by the sysadmin.
> 
> just my 2cts on this topic
> 
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