[Mageia-webteam] Server requirements second attempt

Tue Feb 15 21:23:51 CET 2011

On 13 February 2011 19:55, Michael Scherer <misc at zarb.org> wrote:
+
+> On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 11:56:45 +0000, Kosmas Chatzimichalis wrote:
+>
+>> Michael,
+>>
+>> Here's the second attempt about requirement for the server following the
+>> initial one some time ago.
+>>
+>> Not sure if we should be looking at the Mandriva Cooker rpms or other
+>> specific version.
+>> The ones below are from the Cooker distribution, but if I should be
+>> looking
+>> at a different one let me know:
+>>
+>
+> Well, for ruby, the issue is that we are using puppet on server, and so
+> updating to cooker
+> rpms is IMHO risky. I would prefer to keep it with supported and tested
+> version ( as puppet
+> is using rails for active record, for reporting and this is used for
+> deploying postgresql db ).
+> So I can try, but this will requires more testing ( as I need to check that
+> everything still work
+> fine on puppet side ).
+>
+
+Sure, no problem Michael.
+Maybe we didn't do it right from the beginning, as we should have specified
+which versions to use in the first place.
+
+
+>
+>
+>>   - ruby-1.8.7.p330-1mdv2011.0.i586.rpm (main)
+>>
+>>   - ruby-RubyGems-1.3.7-1mdv2011.0.noarch.rpm (main)
+>>   - rails-2.3.10-1mdv2011.0.noarch.rpm (contrib)  - altough there is a
+>>   security upgrade to 2.3.11 (
+>>   http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/2/8/new-releases-2-3-11-and-3-0-4)
+>>   - Database to be used either MySQL or PostgreSQL
+>>
+>> I believe that there are benefits for using version 3, so I would like to
+>> investigate if it's possible to build a package for it.
+>>
+>
+> Well, how hard is this to update later the project to rails 3 ?
+> I mean, the first version is quite simple, so what about doing the first in
+> rails 2.X
+> with fewer features, and later do it in rails 3 with more features ( and
+> likely better architectures, as we
+> often gain insight of the application once we dvelop the first version and
+> get the first feedback )
+>
+> Maybe this was badly specified, or I badly explained, but a simple CRUd
+> will be enough, do not really
+> add too much feature for the first version.
+>
+> As mentioned before, maybe we should have specified the available versions
+in the beginning.
+No problem, can do it again.
+Let me know which version I should be using.
+
+
+
+>
+>  If you know who is current maintainer for it, I can get in touch and see
+>> if
+>> I can help with that.
+>>
+>
+> Shikamaru, ( shikamaru at mandriva )
+>
+
+Thanks. Got contact :-)
+
+Kosmas
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