[Koha-devel] INSTALL.debian is outdated

[Chris Cormack]

On 17 November 2015 at 09:48, Barton Chittenden
<barton at bywatersolutions.com> wrote:
> I added this to the agenda:
> http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/General_IRC_meeting_2_December_2015#Agenda
>
> I would like to add that there is, at this point, no up-to-date
> documentation for doing a git install of Koha. Yes, the packages are far
> easier to deal with than the git installs, and yes, most of what is done in
> the packages can be retro-fitted to fit the git install via gitify --- but
> there are some corner conditions where an honest-to-god git install is the
> only way -- creating custom indexes for zebra comes to mind.... so I'd like
> to make sure that this avenue remains well documented and supported.
>
But only for developers right? There are massive security implications
of running a git install in production,
and we should never encourage that.

Chris