[Koha-devel] Prepackaged perl distro

[Joe Atzberger]

I think this idea is easy to do for a single target platform and harder to
do for heterogeneous platforms.  For one thing you have current versions of
Ubuntu shipping with perl 5.10 (and its variations in core).

The available methods include:

   - Bundle::Koha
   - CPAN "autobundle"
   - platform-specific packages


Making a Bundle::Koha is probably the easiest and most achievable option.
The best evidence of this is that it has been done already:
http://search.cpan.org/~koha/Bundle-KohaSupport-0.08/KohaSupport.pm<http://search.cpan.org/%7Ekoha/Bundle-KohaSupport-0.08/KohaSupport.pm>

Unfortunately that version is way out of date (since the author doesn't
appear to consider versioning, perhaps Koha v1.0!) and it contains
duplicates, but the idea is the same.

The autobundle approach would be more of a shotgun method, getting stuff
that isn't Koha-related and potentially limiting portability.

Building platform specific packages is the most difficult of the 3, but also
the strongest solution for a given platform.  This would be consistent with
your desire for "no CPAN", but not distro-agnostic.

I think the way to go is to make a current Bundle::Koha and let packagers
build off of that.

--Joe Atzberger

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 7:48 AM, Rick Welykochy <rick at praxis.com.au> wrote:

> Chris Cormack wrote:
>
> >> We cobbled together perl + all perl modules required.
> >>
> >> The virtual builder then simply installed perl and all the
> >> perl modules we required.
> >>
> >> No CPAN. No failed makes. No mismatches.
> >>
> >> Can't the same be done for Koha?
> >>
> > Im sure it could, you volunteering Rick? :)
>
> If in your opinion it would fly for Linux (as a start)
> I wouldn't mind giving it a try.
>
> I am familiar with care and feeding of Koha/2.2.9 but
> have not ventured very far into Koha/3.
>
> With 3.0 I got as far as prepping for system-wide Unicode
> support, as that was highly recommended by the install
> notes. I have not conquered Unicode on Linux/deb yet.
> I would imagine it is important for universal acceptance.
> (We have been spoilt by living in ASCII 7 bit land!)
>
> That said, my guess for next steps is to examine the
> Koha installation procedure for 3.0 and then unravel
> all the perl modules required.
>
> Then get some advice on rewriting the relevant parts of
> the installation. I can do the perl stuff no probs.
>
> Hopefully my solution would work with all linux distros
> that have gcc installed.
>
> Winders is another matter. I left Winders behind in 1998
> so cannot directly comment, but my guess is that since
> C compilation on Windows is a bit "tedious" for an out of
> the box XP or Vista, that the Active-State precompiled
> perl modules are the go.
>
> Anywho, I could concentrate solely on the Linux way
> of installation and then a Windows guru can adapt that.
>
> Yeah, let's give it a go.
>
> And git ... I'll need to (finally) learn some git. Not
> a bad thing, imho.
>
> Anyone else want to come on board as perhaps an advisor?
>
> cheers
> rickw
>
> p.s. I just got a fresh new Asus EEE PC running Xandros,
> so I might use that for starters, just because it sounds
> challenging. Besides, my perl packaging idea should definitely
> not rely on anything debian-specific (as but one example)
> so the Asus is a good choice. I know nothing of its innards
> yet and thus will not rely on anything distro specific.
> I hope. In a word: it should be distro agnostic.
>
> --
> ________________________________________________________________
> Rick Welykochy || Praxis Services || Internet Driving Instructor
>
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