[Koha-devel] Status of head (some infos)

[MJ Ray]

"Joshua M. Ferraro" <jmf at liblime.com> wrote:
> ----- "Paul POULAIN" <paul.poulain at free.fr> wrote:
> > i've installed from CVS. the 2.2 installer has to be rewritten almost
> > completly, as :
> > 1- the librarian part of the install is now done through the
> > webinstaller
> > 2- the config file has heavily changed (.conf => .xml)
> > 
> > Does anyone plan to work on that in the next 2 months ?
> I think MJ has talked about re-doing this, but I'm not sure about
> the timeline ... MJ?

I'm spending a bit more time on it later today (Monday BST), but the
basic problem remains:

  How to install cgi-bin and config files neatly with MakeMaker?
  (or another portable solution)

I really want to avoid building a new brittle installer if possible.

[...]
> Extensive User Testing
> ==================
> We need volunteers to test all functionality and document those
> functional tests.
> Documentation
> ==================
> We need documentation of all the new features (and translations of the
> ones paul has already done).

We need developers to call for tests and docs when they add stuff.


Frédéric <frederic at tamil.fr> wrote:
> I would also be pleased to write this script. I'd need a functional
> description of what it has to do.

If we had a functional description (and the default .xml and .sql
files), it wouldn't be so hard to do!

But, as you quote from Paul's email:
> >> A fresh install from the CVS won't work at all, i'm almost sure.
which is rather a hindrance for installer development!

The new installer will replace these steps:
>     * cvs checkout
>     * koha.xml creation

but only suggest how to do this, with example mysql commands:
>     * empty koha_v3 db creation
and configuring the webserver, as that's where all the local
differences cause problems and where we need total flexibility.

Regards,
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