[Koha] Koha Installation Docs

[Nicole Engard]

Thanks all,

I pointed him to the mailing list - so hopefully he's here reading
your responses.

NIcole

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 10:23 AM, MJ Ray <mjr at phonecoop.coop> wrote:
> Nicole Engard pasted:
>> bigbrovar Bobby: @nengard http://is.gd/h1Bhg I think it could be more
>> detailed. lots of assumptions that the users is skilled in koha
>
> That is.gd URL is the wiki page "Koha 3.2 on Debian Squeeze" where the
> draft packages are being discussed.
>
>> bigbrovar Bobby: @nengard we have a solidly working koha 3.0.6 on
>> ubuntu 8.04 which I installed from source because the docs was top
>> notch.
>
> Well, those same "top notch" docs are updated for Koha 3.2 and still
> available if you install from the main releases, though.  The packages
> are another option, not a replacement.
>
>> bigbrovar Bobby: @nengard another missing gap from this doc
>> http://is.gd/h7vh6 is the lack of info on the koha commands
>> koha-create etc no man pages nothing
>
> Again, that is.gd link is the same wiki page.  I think everything will
> have to have man pages before the packages leave draft state.
>
> So, really, this is because someone has switched from using the
> official releases to using the in-development packages and seems to
> overreact to any problem during installation by nuking the whole thing
> from orbit.  I'm not sure it's telling us anything we didn't know: the
> packages and related instructions aren't polished for prime-time yet,
> but some people might find them useful.  The release notes
> http://koha-community.org/koha-3-2-0/
> links to the tar.gz releases and not the packages yet.
>
> Hope that helps,
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