[Koha-devel] Friendly warning about HTTP::OAI version 4.03

[David Cook]

Hi all:

 

Just a friendly warning to steer clear of HTTP::OAI version 4.03. It looks
like there has been some substantial refactoring between versions 4.03 and
3.28, and they haven't been for the better.

 

HTTP::OAI 4.03 will cause your Koha's OAI server to stop functioning all
together! 

 

Fortunately, if you're using Debian, you probably won't need to worry about
this problem, as Debian uses either version 3.23 or 3.27
(https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=libhttp-oai-perl
<https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=libhttp-oai-perl&searchon=names
&suite=all&section=all> &searchon=names&suite=all&section=all). This goes
back to what Chris Cormack was saying recently in a blog post about avoiding
CPAN if possible. If you're on a Debian-based system, either rely on the
Koha packages or use libhttp-oai-perl. 

 

If you're not on a Debian-based system and you have to use CPAN, I'd
recommend "cpanm HTTP::OAI at 3.28" for installing this module. This is also
useful if you find yourself using version 4.03 by accident (by doing "cpanm
HTTP::OAI" for instance) and need to downgrade.

 

Cheers,

 

David Cook

Systems Librarian

Prosentient Systems

72/330 Wattle St, Ultimo, NSW 2007

 

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