[Koha-devel] Re: [Koha] Koha ZOOM install

[Jama Poulsen]

On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 09:30:43AM +0000, MJ Ray wrote:
> Jama Poulsen <jama at debianlinux.net> wrote:
> > Oke, I'm going to study the the rel_3_0 sources a bit to see if I could
> > create something resembling a /koha package, after which I'd like to try
> > and automate things if useful and possibble (eventough it may not be stable
> > yet).
> 
> Take a look at the Makefile.PL and perldoc ExtUtils::MakeMaker - I'm
> not sure whether anyone has taken that forwards since my initial work.

I'm now looking at working with the Makefile.PL setup within the rel_3.0 tree.

Some first remarks:

- I believe "DBD::MySQL" should be named "DBD::mysql" (see: http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/module/DBD::mysql)

  - Any idea how to turn off the (write) tests for DBD::mysql?
    Or do I have to enter my root password somehwhere in a file?

      This test requires a running server and write permissions.
      Please make sure your server is running and you have permissions, then retry.
      ...
      t/insertid...........DBI connect('test','',...) failed: Access denied for
      user: 'root at localhost' (Using password: NO) at t/insertid.t line 13

- Module requirements

    - Current modules:
        'DBI' => 1,
        'Date::Manip' => 1,
        'DBD::mysql' => 1,
        'HTML::Template::Pro' => 1,
        'Digest::MD5' => 1,
        'MARC::Record' => 2.0,
        'MARC::Charset' => 0.95,
        'MARC::File::XML' => 0.83,
        'Mail::Sendmail' => 1,
        'PDF::API2' => 1,
        'Net::LDAP' => 1,
	'XML::Simple' =>1,
	'XML::LibXML' => 1.58

    - Extra modules:
	- Event
	- Net::Z3950
	- Net::YAZ
	- Class::Accessor
	- PDF::Reuse::Barcode
	- Data::Random
	- Net::Z3950::ZOOM
	- C4 (and  C4::Context)
	- MARC::Crosswalk::DublinCore
	- Lingua::Stem

	- Any other modules I missed?

    - Should we not specify some modules as optional, but print a warning
      that some functionality will not be available in the frontend/backend?
      Eg for:
	Net::LDAP
	PDF::API2
	PDF::Reuse::Barcode

       - Should we register the activated (but optional) functions for later use,
	 like a kind of plugin system?

- The "PL_FILES" option usage should not conflict with package distribution things I think,
  but still allow for a manual install. So maybe there needs to be some trimming there.
  I need to look more into this.

- Would it be a good idea to research into using the "PPM_INSTALL_SCRIPT" option in the
  Makefile.PL to do other (non-perl module) detection and configuration work before the
  "make install" step? (Perhaps this has already been discussed on IRC or this list?)

  External package (detection / configuration) to deal with:

    - configure Apache / Apache2
      - provide a standard includable example that fits with the standard koha setup.
	- How about a "/etc/koha" directory where we can put the "apache-koha.conf" and the "koha.xml"?
	- Let the user/distribution activate the config in apache itself.

    - yaz (versioning important)

    - zebra server (versioning important)
      - start/stop/etc. system
      - configuration
	- should we put the z3950-daemon-options (or simple call it zebra.conf)
	  in /etc/koha for now? (Until there is some general server package availble.)

    - Setup the CGI environment (this 
      - see next item.

    - Setup the non-executable web server documents
      - Any ideas what would be best to do here?
	- Perhaps let the user/distribution copy a pre-made set of
	  documents to the web server location, and change the permission.

- Anything else that should be done for good packaging?

Jama Poulsen