[Koha-devel] Debian Packaging

[Joshua Ferraro]

On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 04:21:00PM +1200, alex at king.net.nz wrote:
> I'd like to invite comments from Koha developers.  Is it a good idea to
> go down this track?  Would people like to see Koha in Debian?
Definitely a very good idea.

> My original plan was to do a basic package of 2.2.5 with some mysql5
> fixes, that would suit my own needs, and try to get it into Etch.
> However, others have suggested (Actually it was M J Ray
> http://lists.katipo.co.nz/pipermail/koha/2006/010508.html) modifying the
> code more extensivly to "look a lot more like the typical perl
> modules+scripts packages that you find on CPAN".
I think 2.2.6 would be a better choice as there are quite a bug fixes
and functional improvements.

I'm all for modifying the perl code to make it more cpan-ish

> If we're going to go down that path it would probably make sense to pull
> cvs and perhaps work more closely with the developers feeding back
> patches if this is seen as a good thing.  Following on from that, I
> guess this is the sort of thing that would happen in a development
> branch (3) more than a stable branch (2.2?)
Probably. However, as things are shaping up at the moment, the 3.0 branch
of Koha may be too complex for the average library looking to implement
an ILS ... so there may be some value in packaging up the 2.2 series as
well. I know LibLime at least, will continue to support the 2.2 series for
quite some time.

> This is all getting beyond what I really want to do myself - which is to
> get together a package quickly.  I don't have the perl skills to do any
> extensive work myself.  However I am willing to put energy in and assist
> going down whatever path is appropriate if there are a few people
> interested and a clear path mapped out.
> 
> Is this an approprate forum to discuss Debian packaging issues or should
> we break off into our own list ASAP?
Lets keep this discussion on the main list for now.

Kudos for getting serious.

Cheers,

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