[Koha-devel] Merging of 'install Koha on Debian and Ubuntu' wiki pages

[dcook at prosentient.com.au]

Maybe it's worthwhile keeping 2 separate pages but divide them not by OS but
rather by difficulty. I think DSpace does this or used to do it.

 

For example:

1.	Quick Start Installation
2.	(Beginner) Installation

 

The "Quick Start" would be the current Debian one perhaps, and then the
Ubuntu one could be modified into the longer "Beginner" user-friendly one. 

 

I don't have any strong feelings on this, but just a thought.

 

David Cook

Systems Librarian

Prosentient Systems

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Ultimo, NSW 2007

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From: Koha-devel <koha-devel-bounces at lists.koha-community.org> On Behalf Of
Mark Tompsett
Sent: Friday, 10 July 2020 5:06 AM
To: Mason James <mtj at kohaaloha.com>; Koha Devel
<koha-devel at lists.koha-community.org>
Subject: Re: [Koha-devel] Merging of 'install Koha on Debian and Ubuntu'
wiki pages

 

Greetings,

 

Installation needs to be simple, and I'm worried a consolidation may make it
more complex (or lack detail) for novice users who just want to try it out
to see if it meets their needs.

 

The Ubuntu page was fashioned with the notion of "cut-and-paste" without
much thinking.

The Debian page requires more understanding and thought.

 

While I am not against consolidating the pages, I have problems with the
expectation bar for installation that a lot of people need to leap. The
consolidated page should have pretty boxes that if you do those commands
without much reading (sadly some is required), it will just work.

 

And while the Ubuntu page is longer, perhaps breaking parts out to sub-pages
may be a way to shrink it to the Debian page preferred size?


Is there a way to know which page is accessed more often and where? That may
also inform how we re-work those pages into one.

Just some thoughts. Thanks for asking for input, Mason James.

 

GPML,

Mark Tompsett

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