Le mar 24/06/2003 à 01:16, baljkas@mb.sympatico.ca a écrit :
Monday, June 23, 2003 18:10 CDT
RE: Paul's retorte (emphasis added):
Note, also, that i've a problem with "one click install". Even if we could install Koha in 1 click, that would be (almost) useless imho. why ? *** Because it requires some PARAMETERS setups (branches, budgets, z3950 server, MARC parameters tuning...) that MUST be done in order to see what Koha can do. and this task CAN'T BE AVOIDED. ***
BRAVO, PAUL!
I've worked with 6 different ILS, and reviewed more than a dozen in 1997-1998 as part of a volunteer project for an NPO, and NOT A ONE featured a one-click-all-install for the very reasons that Paul gave.
I could had that I don't know of a single library that installed their ILS on their own; and I don't think libraries in general expect to do so, with Koha or any other ILS (I certainly don't) - what's more: I think librarians strongly expect to have a company maintaining the system for them, and would certainly greatly hesitate to hop on the Koha bandwagon if they thought they might be left on their own, for the install or any other problem thereafter. But it is true, though, that a slightly easier install would make it easier for libraries to give Koha a try : as librarians we won't pay to get support just to "try" the software; but then this is one of Koha's great advantage : it can be downloaded, install and tested. To make the install easier would allow us to give more prominence to this decisive advantage. Nicolas Morin