[Mageia-webteam] Server requirements second attempt

[Kosmas Chatzimichalis]

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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